[TR] Driving Gloves

[John Macartney]

I use the thinnest of thin leather gloves - black or brown and they must
be lined throughout with silk. You can dress them 'up' or 'down' depending on
the occasion - e.g. wearing a 'tweed' style hat or cap when in the country, or
a bowler when in town! Keeping up appearances is so important these days and
giving the Butler a pair of Chinese cheapos marks one out immediately as
rather inferior.  You want real leather and real silk - cool in summer, warm
in winter. IMHO any kind of faux leather or faux silk will be irritating from
the outset and the string back ones always bring my hands out in a rash, apart
from conveying the 'boy racer' image which just isn't my style :)

Jonmac
http://standard-triumph-books.co.uk


>________________________________
>From:
"Chip19474 at aol.com" <Chip19474 at aol.com>
>To: triumphs at autox.team.net
>Sent:
Thursday, 27 October 2011, 13:04
>Subject: [TR] Driving Gloves
>
>List,
>
>Since I don't drive the TR6 top down very often in cold weather, the 
>steering wheel is usually at a fairly reasonable temperature and my hands
are  
>warm enough for a good grip.  Lately; however, on those crisp cool
days  like 
>we had last Saturday, the wheel was cold and my hands weren't
much  better.
>
>So, I think I'll be adding driving gloves to my Christmas
list from the  
>kids!  For those of you that use driving gloves....what do
you have?   Where 
>did you purchase them?  Did you visit a store and try on
several  pairs (like 
>buying shoes) to get the "best fit"?  I'm hoping that
this  purchase will 
>not require a trip to a Mall:)
>
>Thanks,
>
>Chip Krout
>Delaware Valley Triumphs, Ltd.
>Skippack,  PA
>1976 TR6 CF57822U
>
>
>triumphs at autox.team.net
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