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Re: Triumph Super Seven

To: britcars@hpfckjs.fc.hp.com
Subject: Re: Triumph Super Seven
From: "Roger Garnett" <rwg1@postoffice3.mail.cornell.edu>
Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 13:47:36
> Call me crazy, call me sick, call me stupid, but I did it.

Welcome to Pre-war.

> The interior has been redone in vinal

Mine is vinyl too- works good.

> missing lots of parts. 

Search time... Is the a Prewar Triumph club in England? I know there's a guy
working on similar vintage Triumph in Central NY, but I don't have his
address. (Andy, Rik?)

> headlights ... appear to be off a ford tractor

Alright!

> The origonal registration book indicates that it is chasis # 13295, I
> have not been able to find this number anywhere on the car.

Often found somewhere on one of the front chassis extensions. Mine, on the
front of the right dumb iron, was filled with grunge, and painted over. Once
I knew where to look, scraping away the paint revealed it. MG also stamped
the car number on the bonnet hinge, and the back side of the dash (wood), in 
addition to various numbers on other components.

> I have learned that it is not the oldest Triumph in the US but may be
> the second oldest.

I beleive I now get to happily relinguish the position of owning oldest
British car on the B-C list. (?) Altho, still the oldest running, for now. 
:-)

So, is it time to start a pre-war sub-list, to trade tales of the old ways?

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