Greetings fot, I am the owner of a 1959 Ambro Triumph currently racing with
RMVR in
Colorado. It is a TR 3 chassis with 1957 TR 4 running gear and engine. My
father Bill
Ames designed and built the car in 1959 and raced it in the Midwest through
about 1964 and
then the Northeast from 1992 until his death in 1997. I am in my second full
year as a
driver, mechanic etc. trying to keep it all together and really enjoying all
that vintage
racing has to offer. Ok enough, here are my first round of questions.
1. Rear axle. Grease coming onto the brake drums. New, rebuilt axle is one
season old.
(about 30 hours) Limited slip. I noticed this after racing at PPIR and the 36
degree
banking. Do I need to replace the seals and if so, does one need any special
tools. I.E.:
to remove the axle. It is keyed and is it held in with a "C" clip?
2. Is it legal to lower the front end and if so how do you do it? 1- 2 inches?
3. How does one check the front end for stress? I am running Mini-lights with
Yokohama's
and they stick. What points should I look for?
4. After each race I totally check the car over, but wondered of there are
specific points
of concern that should be checked after each run other than the normal stuff.
Thank you in advance for the help.
Robert Ames
Ambro Triumph #571
fot-digest wrote:
> fot-digest Sunday, September 3 2000 Volume 01 : Number 159
>
> Re: Introduction and questions.... [Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>]
> Re: Introduction and questions.... ["Brad Kahler" <Brad.Kahler@141.com>]
> Dumb Questions ["Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>]
> Re: Dumb Questions ["Brad Kahler" <Brad.Kahler@141.com>]
> TR7 vin # vs. manufacturer's year of production [EISANDIEGO@aol.com]
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 11:36:31 -0700
> From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
> Subject: Re: Introduction and questions....
>
> Or, as a teacher once said, the only "dumb" questions are those that go
>unasked!
>
> Joe (C)
>
> Jim Hill wrote:
> >
> >
> > New FOT Brad Kahler wrote:
> >
> > >I'll really try and refrain from asking
> > >some really dumb questions..!!
> >
> > Please don't refrain . . . asking really dumb questions is the way to avoid
> > making really dumb mistakes.
> >
> > To paraphrase Roy Clark, if it weren't for dumb questions, I'd have no
> > questions at all.
> >
> > Jim Hill
> > SpyderWeb Vintage Racing
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, Sep 2 2000 13:26:23 GMT-0600
> From: "Brad Kahler" <Brad.Kahler@141.com>
> Subject: Re: Introduction and questions....
>
> > > I'll really try and refrain from asking
> > > some really dumb questions..!!
> >
> > Please don't refrain . . . asking really dumb questions is the way to avoid
> > making really dumb mistakes.
> >
> > To paraphrase Roy Clark, if it weren't for dumb questions, I'd have no
> > questions at all.
>
> Jim, you've got a valid point there. In that case I just might have a LOT of
>questions.
>
> Thanks!
>
> - --
> Brad
>
> http://www.141.com/Triumphs
> http://www.141.com/Dodge
>
> 1951 1/2 ton Dodge Truck B-3-B-108 (being restored)
> 1953 Mayflower - TT29490LDL (almost a driver)
> 1962 TR3B TCF1564L (some day)
> 1962 TR4 CT288L (being restored)
> 1964 Spitfire4 BFC25720L (of Belgian decent)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 09:43:26 +0100
> From: "Paul Richardson" <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
> Subject: Dumb Questions
>
> Hi Gang
>
> Firstly, welcome to the list Brad (Kahler) - anyone who's been introduced
> to the list by 'Suepersonic' Hensley must be a gentleman.
>
> Talking about 'dumb questions,' just before the battle of El Alamein, Field
> Marshal Viscount Montgomery's TAC HQ was set up near the shore-line in the
> North African desert. THIS IS A TRUE STORY.
>
> Some of the British soldiers (from the Derbyshire Yeomanry) were getting a
> bit twitchy to get on with the job and noticed that ducks had started to
> fly over their position at dawn. Just for practice (and when they thought
> Montgomery was absent) they ran competitions to see how many ducks they
> could bring down with Bren guns fired from the hip (a Bren weighs about as
> much as a TR gear box).
>
> One morning, a lone duck flew over high and fast and one of the soldiers
> couldn't resist it. He emptied his magazine at the duck and it came down
> (half plucked so they say) in a spiral fashion considerably downwind and
> landed in a plume of feathers right at the feet of the Field Marshal -
> whilst he was talking over final battle strategy with his commanders. Monty
> went ape s**t and gave the Yeomanry section a personal and gynormous
> bollocking for indiscipline.
>
> - - Later than evening someone in the mess asked what had happened to the
> duck. Monty's Batman said, "What a bloody silly question - Monty had it
> served up this evening and complained there was no sage and onion
> stuffing."
>
> Paul
>
>
> t
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, Sep 3 2000 3:40:36 GMT-0600
> From: "Brad Kahler" <Brad.Kahler@141.com>
> Subject: Re: Dumb Questions
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> > Firstly, welcome to the list Brad (Kahler) - anyone who's
> > been introduced to the list by 'Suepersonic' Hensley must
> > be a gentleman.
>
> I appreciate the very generous welcome, and I certainly hope
> the "gentleman" comment holds true. :)
>
> And thanks for the story about Field Marshal Viscount
> Montgomery, I found it to be quite humorous and I can
> certainly believe it took place!!
>
> - --
> Brad
>
> http://www.141.com/Triumphs
> http://www.141.com/Dodge
>
> 1951 Dodge 1/2 ton B3B pickup (being restored)
> 1953 Mayflower TT29490LDL (almost a driver)
> 19xx TR3 road racer (maybe!)
> 1961 TR4 CT288L (being restored)
> 1962 TR3B TCF1564L (some day)
> 1964 Spitfire 4 BFC25720L (of Belgian decent)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 21:04:11 EDT
> From: EISANDIEGO@aol.com
> Subject: TR7 vin # vs. manufacturer's year of production
>
> Anyone have a quick reference of pre 1980 TR7 chassis numbers verses the
> year of production? Looking for start/finish for each year.
>
> Thanks in advance, Cary
>
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>
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