Hi, Phil. The sheer fact that you can even consider driving your car in
'winter' (if you call it that in Fla) will not win you much sympathy up here
in the 'northern clime'. When it reaches -50, there is an end to how much
clothing you can put on, also. I was lucky to drive my TRs up until December
18, before any snow (& worse - salt!) was on the roads. Now I can't imagine
even firing the cars up (let alone driving them) until about late March at
the earliest. These are definitely 'seasonal' cars up here. During the 'off
season' (off the roads, that is) we Canucks must content ourselves with
catalogue shopping & reruns of vintage racing on Speedvision. When our
summer does come, we too get the hot, muggy days as well (& my 3A is black
on black - not the best colour scheme for summer!). I guess both of us will
just have to tough it out - me in the cold, & you in the warm. Wanna trade?
Cheers, JD
(Black Hole of Ottawa)
-----Original Message-----
From: Philip E Bacon [SMTP:pboldtrix@juno.com]
Sent: February 3, 2000 4:23 PM
To: bbrewer@lightspeed.net
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Final Word/Conclusion TR-3 Radiator Removal
Bill -- Good reply to all those who helped you.....I sometimes think
that
many of our northern clime listers just don't realize what it takes
to
enjoy and use these cars in the southern summers. After all, you
can
always put on more clothes when its cold, but the last time I
checked,
the local gendarmes still frown on driving naked, as much fun as
that
might be...(except on hot vinyl). I still remember how hot my 3A
was
in the summer down here in south Florida in the early 60's. Now I'm
40
years older and we got "global warming" to boot. Go for the oil
cooler
and anything else that helps!!!
regards, Phil (Melting in my TR-6 in south FL.)Bacon
On Thu, 3 Feb 2000 12:29:32 -0800 "Bill Brewer"
<bbrewer@lightspeed.net>
writes:
>
>Listers,
> Many thanks for the advice on removing the radiator from a
TR-3A.
>Now I
>understand that the cowl should/must come off to get the radiator
out.
> Thanks for the responses : Bob Kinderleher, Randall,
>T.R.Householder,
>Fred Thomas, Tom Fansher, Henry Frye, Mike Thompson, Dennis
Cambell,
>Richard
>Triplett, Bob Westerdale, Bob Labuz, Tony Rhodes and Ed Woods.
>
> I am still not sure what T.R.Householder meant by "NO", or if
he
>really
>meant it.
>
> I knew it was a dumb question, but miracles do happen and the
>listers
>are a pretty ingenuitous lot (that might not be a real word) and
you
>never
>know what they have come up with.
> There were several accusations of heresy for my wanting to put
in
>a
>recored radiator with no hole for the crank, and also on my wanting
to
>install an oil cooler. My local British car club meets in
Bakersfield
>(an
>awful place, but not as bad as people think) and I have a 5,500
foot
>climb
>to get to my home in Bear Valley Springs (Tehachapi, CA), which
must
>often
>times be done on days when the temperature is over 110 degrees
>fahrenheit.
>The White Wolf Grade (AKA Tehachapi Pass) is a really motor
overheater
>and
>transmission fryer, and a force to be reckoned with. That is also
why
>I have
>been asking questions about insulating the transmission hump!
> I also like to eat lunch with a good friend that works at NASA
>Dryden
>research facility at Edwards AFB in the desert, and I have been
known
>to try
>to replicate Ken Richardson's Jabbeke Hiway run and scorching
desert
>days.
> The real reason for not wanting to take the cowl off is that I
>have
>found that everything is connected to everything else in a TR and
once
>you
>start taking them apart, it is hard to stop. Someone did that to
>TS75407L,
>which they eventually just gave to me to haul away in a million
>pieces. For
>them, it started as an engine rebuild and they discovered that
>everything
>else needed rebuilding too, so apart it came (in 1980!). If I pull
the
>cowl
>of TS72747LO for the radiator, I am liable to pull the engine and
>rebuild
>it, and repaint the engine compartment, then while that is all out,
I
>might
>pull the body off of the frame and paint the underside.
> What I really want is to just enjoy my car over the spring &
>summer
>(fall & winter too for that matter).
> Happy and safe motoring.
>
> Bill Brewer
> Heretic TR pilot
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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