Have a great porter aging in the cellar since just before last Christmas.
Promised my son in Kuwait that we would crack it open for the first time when
he gets home.
If there's any left, you're welcome to a bottle!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Marr" <mmarr@albiontechnical.com>
To: terryrs@comcast.net
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 6:46:41 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 Budget Lock
Don't smoke 'em, but feel free to buy me a porter if we ever meet :)
Mike
Michael Marr
Albion Technical Services
Mobile: 630-202-0065
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> On Jul 29, 2015, at 5:41 PM, "terryrs@comcast.net" <terryrs@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> Cigar to Michael Marr!
>
> If I lived in the upside down state of Vermont, I'd have tried that first!
>
> Thanks, Michael.
>
> Terry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Marr" <mmarr@albiontechnical.com>
> To: terryrs@comcast.net
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 6:20:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 Budget Lock
>
> My spare tyre compartment will hold a 48 spoker with an OEM bias ply tyre,
> which I think is a 5.50, if I remember correctly. It's a while since I
> looked at it, but I seem to remember it fits best with the knock off taper
> seat oriented downwards.
>
> Mike
>
> Michael Marr
> Albion Technical Services
> Mobile: 630-202-0065
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jul 29, 2015, at 4:04 PM, "terryrs@comcast.net" <terryrs@comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Budget lock???? All right. I confess, I put the rear tire well lid on with
>> pretty new toilet seat escutcheons about 13 years ago and haven't opened it
>> since. Now I can't remember the fastener used. Looks like a duzi. Used a
>> long-handled flathead, and found it's a simple lever. Guess that's why it's
>> a budget lock.
>>
>> Sourced a old style 48 spoke wheel, restored it, tubed it, and planted a
>> nice narrow tire on it. Alas, the opening is too narrow to accommodate the
>> spline/hub.
>>
>> Are old steel wheels the only option to carry a spare? Anyone every put the
>> spare on the trunk with some ad hoc but cool looking assembly?
>>
>> Terry Smith, '59 TR3A
>> New Hampshire
>>
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