I've put a picture of Jim and his car at
home.swbell.net/cartrip/TR3McAndrews.jpg. I'm sure you'll agree it's
gorgeous.
Larry Young
James Mcandrew wrote:
> Hi Friends
>
> Im new to the list and wanted to introduce myself. My name is Jim
> McAndrew, I live in Tyler, Texas. I met Larry Young, Bob Kramer and
> Brad Kahler at the Corinthian Vintage Auto Racing race two weeks
> ago. What a blast! I was hoping to have my car read for that event
> but the headers had not returned from Jet Hot. I hope to have it
> ready for the April 4-6 CVAR School/Race. Enough about me, what
> about my car.
>
> My car is a 1957 TR3. It is the Daytona winning car that Tim
> Suddard found and wrote about in Grassroots Motorsports. The 5-year
> restoration was finished last summer and I took the car to the VTR
> Nationals in Minnesota (For those of you how were there, it was the
> maroon car with #43 on the sides) and to the Autorama in Houston.
> The car was restored as much as possible to the way it ran, and won
> its class, in the 1964 Daytona Continental. It still has a 25
> gallon fuel tank for the endurance race (although now converted to a
> fuel cell). The cars show life is over and it is now time to race
> it. The car will still be tagged and registered for the street.
> Its former driver, Dana Kelder, used to drive it to and from the
> race track.
>
> In only two weeks I found this board to be a wealth of information.
> Tyler, TX is not the mecca of sports cars, so being part of FoT will
> really help me keep my car running and racing. Ive already learned
> more about suspension set up and cooling problems (yes, my
> car tends to run hot) than Ive known in 20 year of Triumph
> ownership.
>
> Thanks for including me. See you at the races.
>
> Jim McAndrew
> 1957 TR3
> Tyler, Texas
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