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1. [TR] My worst car ever (score: 1): Author: Brian Jones <banc8004@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:29:58 -0400; My worst car ever was a gold 1989 XJS 5.3L V-12 Jaguar. Every 6 months it needed something in the $1,000 to $3,000 range. So much money went on repairs, thinking 'that must be the last big thing to g; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00293.html (8,430 bytes)
2. Re: [TR] My worst car ever (score: 1): Author: DLylis@aol.com; Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:07:14 EDT; Oddly, the worst car I ever owned, I loved. 1968 SAAB 96. It started poorly in the cold weather and eventually left me stranded in New England on a cold December evening with a seized engine. I still; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00294.html (8,074 bytes)
3. Re: [TR] My worst car ever (score: 1): Author: "wbeech" <wbeech@flash.net>; Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:20:02 -0600; --==0469710324== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My worst, a 1958 Hillman Minx convertible with 4sp on the column, an the requisite parts car/estate t; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00296.html (10,159 bytes)
4. Re: [TR] My worst car ever (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:49:29 -0400; How did he take it? and parts of him out of the front bumper, no doubt. Obligatory LBC content: I passed a Jensen Healy coming hopme from work yesterday. These last few days have been a bit chilly he; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00297.html (7,750 bytes)
5. Re: [TR] My worst car ever (score: 1): Author: "wbeech" <wbeech@flash.net>; Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:09:16 -0600; --==1389083246== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks for the corrections, Jim. It is comforting to see you english/spellcheck is about equal to min; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00299.html (9,192 bytes)
6. Re: [TR] My worst car ever (score: 1): Author: <Dean.Mericas@CH2M.com>; Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:34:27 -0600; Just to throw my $0.02 into this discussion, my worst car was a 1970 Rover 3500S. Aluminum V8, bolt-on body panels (you could, in theory change the color of the car with a wrench), 4-wheel disc brake; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00300.html (7,732 bytes)
7. Re: [TR] My worst car ever (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:46:33 -0400; Heh! Heh! What's a few missing letters amoung fiends? (Spellchecj? I don't recall using any spellchecj.) Maybe some time this autumn I'll actually get to drive the Spitfrie with the top down. Life's; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00303.html (7,657 bytes)
8. Re: [TR] My worst car ever (score: 1): Author: Don Spence <dkspence@telus.net>; Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:36:28 -0600; _______________________________________________ This list supported in part by the Vintage Triumph Register http://www.vtr.org Triumphs mailing list Triumphs@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mail; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00321.html (8,509 bytes)
9. Re: [TR] My worst car ever (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:02:52 -0700; I believe it was Consumer Reports that named the 80 Chevy Citation as one of the "ten worst" new cars in the US. I drove mine roughly a quarter million miles, and never had the heads off. Friend of; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00322.html (7,858 bytes)
10. Re: [TR] My worst car ever (score: 1): Author: "Ian" <Lbc.Resto@comcast.net>; Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:51:01 -0400; Austin 1100, closely followed by Chrysler Alpine and 1999 Chevy Malibu. -- Ian 62 TR4 --Original Message-- From: triumphs-bounces+lbc.resto=comcast.net@autox.team.net [mailto:triumphs-bounces+lbc.res; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00364.html (9,331 bytes)
11. Re: [TR] My worst car ever (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:03:35 +0000; I had a 1966 Rover 2000TC. Same car with a SOHC 4 engine and 4-speed manual gearbox. Don't forget the modified DeDion rear suspension and the front suspension that called for the dampers to work back; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00417.html (10,013 bytes)
12. Re: [TR] My worst car ever (score: 1): Author: pethier@comcast.net; Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:26:04 +0000; I had several of these Ford-V4-powered cars. The one that was the original of the bunch was a 1968. Loved them. Ran away from Jeeps in the snow. Lowered and decambered the 1968 known as "Inga" and au; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00418.html (10,256 bytes)
13. Re: [TR] My worst car ever (score: 1): Author: "Michael Marr" <mmarr@notwires.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:33:16 -0500; Following all the sob stories about Worst Cars, we finish, appropriately enough, with a couple of SAAB stories... Mike _______________________________________________ This list supported in part by; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00420.html (8,682 bytes)
14. Re: [TR] My worst car ever (score: 1): Author: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@cox.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:13:03 -0700; Having worked for a Saab dealership in the 60's when the Ford V4 engines were being used, I can attest to how neat they were. But the real interesting innovation was the free-wheeling device that the; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00421.html (10,313 bytes)
15. Re: [TR] My worst car ever (score: 1): Author: "John Cohen" <jmcoh@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:17:34 -0400; The free wheel also made the old Saabs extraordinarily great in snow. My first car was a 1971 95 wagon and it was also probably my worst but I have many fond memories of going into snow covered turns; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00422.html (8,918 bytes)
16. Re: [TR] My worst car ever (score: 1): Author: "Wayne Lee" <motorcarriage@charter.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:42:04 -0400; Our Family's Foreign Car Dealership had the Saab franchise 1963-1973. I remember the free wheelin device well. You had to roll the throttle on gently though or you'd get a jerky feedback from the dri; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00423.html (9,250 bytes)
17. Re: [TR] My worst car ever (score: 1): Author: "Michael Marr" <mmarr@notwires.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:29:02 -0500; These devices are variously known as sprag clutches, overrun clutches, or conveyor backstops. They are very versatile - for example, they are often used on the top drum of an inclined conveyor to st; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00426.html (9,230 bytes)
18. Re: [TR] My worst car ever (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:46:31 -0700; Of course Standard-Triumph never used anything like that, especially not in 1948 ... (Hint, there is a sprag clutch in every Laycock overdrive.) And American cars offered free wheeling long before 1; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00428.html (8,449 bytes)
19. Re: [TR] My worst car ever (score: 1): Author: "John Herrera" <jrherrera90@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:52:59 -0400; Sounds like the sprag clutch on a helicopter that lets the engine drive the rotor but allows the rotor to autorotate when the engine quits. Er... if. John ___________________________________________; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00429.html (9,248 bytes)
20. Re: [TR] My worst car ever (score: 1): Author: ZinkZ10C@aol.com; Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:18:19 EDT; << Following all the sob stories about Worst Cars, we finish, appropriately e nough, with a couple of SAAB stories... >> Those that drive SAABs are aware of the "SAAB fix of the day, if you don't do; /html/triumphs/2007-09/msg00430.html (7,847 bytes)

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