Vance,
I'm gonna go with a Foglight switch on the center
console. I noticed hte Lucas Fog/spot lights up front
I'm wondering what that large spot is on the driver
side wheel arch?
Cheers,
Todd
--- "Navarrette, Vance" <vance.navarrette@intel.com>
wrote:
> Jonmac:
>
> Interesting that it is a US spec TR6 now living in
> England with
> only 176 miles, or is it really in the US, and
> merely being advertised
> in the UK? I find the ad to be somewhat ambiguous on
> that point.
>
> I also noticed that the radiator vent tube is a
> translucent
> nylon or polyethylene. There was a thread a few
> months back about what
> type of tube was correct. My 1974 sales brochure
> showed the translucent
> tube, but a concours judge was saying that black was
> correct and another
> lister was saying that he would go with what the
> judge told him.
> This car argues that translucent is correct.
> Everything else
> under the hood looks original; green hoses, wire
> hose clamps, white carb
> dashpot covers, York compressor, etc. Heck even the
> clutch MC cap is
> correct. So I am sticking with my claim that a
> translucent overflow tube
> is correct for the later cars.
> It also appears to have the optional cigarette
> lighter on the
> center console. Is that the correct location where
> they were installed?
> I know that there are holes in the casting on both
> sides, right about
> where the lighter(?) is installed, so that would
> make sense. But I have
> never seen a lighter in a car before this. The
> lighter itself appears to
> be missing, but the socket is there.
> Also, what would the other knob on the center
> console be for?
> Its not part of the A/C installation is it? I
> thought the controls for
> this type of A/C were on the drivers side vent under
> the dash(?).
> Of course, the problem with buying a 30 year old
> NOS car is that
> even though the car has not been driven, rubber is
> attached by ozone,
> brake fluid absorbs water, brake calipers seize,
> gaskets dry out, etc.
> If it really has not been driven, you will probably
> need to rebuild the
> carbs just to get the thing to run, and I would not
> plan on any spirited
> driving on 30 year old Michelin Red Lines. So it
> isn't really like
> buying a new car. Still, it is original and no one
> has buggered it,
> unlike my TR6 when I purchased it. Maybe I am just
> jealous. Sigh.
>
> Vance
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-6pack@Autox.Team.Net
> [mailto:owner-6pack@Autox.Team.Net] On
> Behalf Of John Macartney
> Sent: December 12, 2006 5:26 PM
> To: triumphs-digest@autox.team.net; 6-Pack
> Subject: A New (?) TR6?
>
> You guys in the US might be interested in the car on
> this URL
>
http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/classic-car-page.php/carno/12567
> Although a UK web address the car is claimed to be
> in the States. Can't
> say
> I find the decor panel on the side and bonnet very
> appealing - but each
> to
> their own, I suppose.
>
> Jonmac
>
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