- 1. [TR] Winter Warning From Standard Triumph:) (score: 1)
- Author: Chip19474@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:46:59 -0500 (EST)
- Suddenly (after 50 degree days last weekend), we bounced back into sub freezing winter with ice, snow, etc so I decided to pull out some old workshop manuals and assorted other Triumph reading and ca
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- 2. Re: [TR] Winter Warning From Standard Triumph:) (score: 1)
- Author: Triumph List <lgmtr6@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:59:59 -0500
- Reminds me of the story of when Sir William Lyons visited the Jaguar dealer in New York during a very bad winter storm. The sales rep asked why Jaguar couldn't build a heater sufficient to keep the i
- /html/triumphs/2013-01/msg00304.html (11,971 bytes)
- 3. Re: [TR] Winter Warning From Standard Triumph:) (score: 1)
- Author: Geo Hahn <ahwahneetr@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:12:58 -0700
- *...We believe that the person inside an automobile who is cold in the winter and hot in the summer--just like the weather outside--is a more healthy person, who will no doubt live longer than those
- /html/triumphs/2013-01/msg00305.html (9,801 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TR] Winter Warning From Standard Triumph:) (score: 1)
- Author: "TeriAnn J. Wakeman" <tjwakeman@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:18:28 -0700
- It wasn't just Triumphs. It appears that the British car industry wanted to discourage driving under adverse conditions. I actually had that happen to me when I was moving from Seattle to the Montere
- /html/triumphs/2013-01/msg00306.html (10,432 bytes)
- 5. Re: [TR] Winter Warning From Standard Triumph:) (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Marr" <mmarr@notwires.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:38:52 -0600
- Heaters were optional extras on many English cars in the 50s and even into the 60s. I had at least two Morris Minors that had no heaters and I am pretty sure my 1960 Ford Popular didn't have one, eit
- /html/triumphs/2013-01/msg00307.html (11,433 bytes)
- 6. Re: [TR] Winter Warning From Standard Triumph:) (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <TR3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 07:44:05 -0800
- Do you mind sharing where that tidbit was? ISTR a note in one of the Triumph manuals that said to use a battery charger after a "winter run", but I can't seem to find that now either. -- Randall **
- /html/triumphs/2013-01/msg00308.html (9,395 bytes)
- 7. Re: [TR] Winter Warning From Standard Triumph:) (score: 1)
- Author: "Andrew S. Mace" <zoboherald@aol.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:08:08 -0500 (EST)
- Randall, you beat me to this question! I don't recall seeing it in any Herald or Spitfire literature, which undoubtedly explains why, all these years, I've been able to run heater, lights, wipers and
- /html/triumphs/2013-01/msg00309.html (10,154 bytes)
- 8. Re: [TR] Winter Warning From Standard Triumph:) (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <TR3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:13:24 -0800
- No doubt. I wasn't quite so lucky; used to have a dead battery at least twice a week because the generator just couldn't keep up with a short commute at night in cold rainy (or snowy) weather. At fi
- /html/triumphs/2013-01/msg00311.html (9,915 bytes)
- 9. Re: [TR] Winter Warning From Standard Triumph:) (score: 1)
- Author: John Innis <jdinnis@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:39:51 -0600
- I can't remember which car it was, but one of the British roadsters from the 60's had an available "cold weather equipment" package. One of the items in that package was a blanket. -- == = Never offe
- /html/triumphs/2013-01/msg00312.html (11,868 bytes)
- 10. Re: [TR] Winter Warning From Standard Triumph:) (score: 1)
- Author: Chip19474@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:17:36 -0500 (EST)
- I can't remember which car it was, but one of the British roadsters from the 60's had an available "cold weather equipment" package. One of the items in that package was a blanket. workshop when it a
- /html/triumphs/2013-01/msg00313.html (11,971 bytes)
- 11. Re: [TR] Winter Warning From Standard Triumph:) (score: 1)
- Author: WILLIAM SMITH <smithw1@optonline.net>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:13:18 -0500
- In a similar encounter with Jaguar executives, my neighbor, who worked at Jaguar headquarters at the time it was owned by Ford, told me that a Ford exec asked a Jag exec why Jags were not made to be
- /html/triumphs/2013-01/msg00331.html (9,998 bytes)
- 12. Re: [TR] Winter Warning From Standard Triumph:) (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:10:59 -0500 (EST)
- Back in those days the batteries were much more tolerant of deeper discharges. But since then there has been a CCA arms race where battery manufacturers tout huge numbers for Cold Cranking Amps such
- /html/triumphs/2013-01/msg00345.html (10,824 bytes)
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