**** Ditto ****
Carl
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Moag [SMTP:moag@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 1999 11:21 PM
> To: Triumphs Mailing List (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: Odometer Resetting - An Ethical Question??
>
>
>
> Gary,
>
> I don't see any problem with the ethics --- unless you later try to claim
> that's what is on the odometer are "original" miles. Then I see a big
> problem. But if you just say you reset it after a restoration and have no
> idea what the true mileage is, then no problem. I have no clue what the
> true
> mileage is on either of my Triumphs, and I don't really care. If I was
> into
> accumulating five year old cars instead of a thirty year old cars, that'd
> be
> a different story. But let's face it --- we don't evaluate these cars the
> same way we would a 96 Toyota --- it's just a whole different ball game.
>
> Dave Moag
> 77 Spitfire
> 62 TR3B
>
> P.S. If you get any nice tips on how to accomplish the reset, let us (or
> at
> least me) know. I'd be interested in doing the same thing. Since my car
> sat
> in a field for 13 years before I bought it, and since I've never ever
> driven
> it, all those other miles don't concern me at all. But I hope to own the
> car
> long enough to care about how long ago it was that I went through all this
> work, time, and money.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Gary Klein
> > Sent: Friday, March 26, 1999 6:32 PM
> > To: TR Newsgroup
> > Subject: Odometer Resetting - An Ethical Question??
> >
> >
> >
> > Fellow Scions,
> >
> > I've been working at restoring my '75 TR6 for a little over 2
> > years now
> > and it's been a long haul but the light at the end of the tunnel is
> > starting to get a bit brighter, day by day. As the dash and
> > gauges will
> > be going back together in the near future, I've been pondering the
> > question of what to do, if any, about the odometer?
> >
> > I will have completely rebuilt just about everything when I'm done
> > (engine, tranny, clutch, body, paint, interior, etc, etc,)
> > and I intend
> > on keeping and using this car for quite some time, 5-10 years
> > at least.
> > The speedometer read 16K and a few miles when I bought it (I assumed
> > 116K+) and I put a few miles on it before I tore it down. Upon
> > disassembly of the speedometer to clean the face (BTW the Endust trick
> > works great) I noticed a handwritten date and what appears to be a
> > mileage statement written in pencil on the inside of the back cover.
> > The date was long after 1975, '87 if I recall, and the mileage was
> > somewhere in the 80K range. Needless to say, I don't know how many
> > miles were on this car before I got it and perhaps the speedometer is
> > not the original either.
> >
> > So here's my question for which I'd like to get your collective
> > reactions and thoughts: As it's now about to be reborn, any thoughts
> > about resetting the odometer back to all zero's? If it can
> > be done, how
> > does one do it? (it wasn't obvious to me when I took it apart and I
> > guess I don't have a criminal mind)
> >
> > I'm not interested in any legal aspects here, just the ethics. I'll
> > post a summary when all the correspondence is done.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Gary
> > Digest
> > '75 TR6 Undergoing Remanufacture
> >
> >
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