[TR] Front Fender bolt heads

Sun Mar 27 07:41:57 MDT 2022

 I seem to recall that they are painted body colour (ie: the body was assembled before painting).  When I assembled my car I used stainless steel fasteners and and left them unpainted.  The appearance is striking with the shimmering screw heads (which will remain shiny forever more) but I'll bet it will be points off in a concours.
I rather doubt they will need re-torquing if they are sufficiently snugged up during initial assembly.  I never had any issues.
Enjoy the activity.

Dave 

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From: Alan & Lyn Dunscombe <dunscomb at chch.planet.org.nz>
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
Sent: Sun, Mar 27, 2022 1:40 am
Subject: [TR] Front Fender bolt heads

Alright,here's a question for the archivists... Amabout to get my 'Longdoor' TR2 painted, and need adviceabout under the bonnet (hood in USA) Wherethe front guards/fenders are bolted onto the innerguards from the scuttle/firewall forward to the front apron, the headsof the bolts(6 each side)  and washer underneath arevisible. Anyone know for sure if they were just painted in the bodycolour alongwith everything else, or unpainted & cadmium plated?  Iassume they were painted, and imagine that once the car isrunning again & I have done a few miles and everything has settled  I will need to go round all those bolts andcheck if they need tightening again. If I do need to tighten them thenI willprobably damage the paint on the hex sides of the bolts unless there issometrick way to protect them when I put the socket onto them? Allthoughts / suggestions gratefully accepted. Alan TS3612 AW & LJ Dunscombe
New Zealand

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Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 19:07:35 -0600
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Just topped up yesterday at $3.76gal USD in Texas. 

?Last night I saw upon the stair,
A little man who wasn't there,
He wasn't there again today
Oh, how I wish he'd go away?.... Mearns

On Mar 10, 2022, at 12:58 PM, Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com> wrote:

?
I bought fuel twice yesterday travelling between states and paid ?0.80/L ($3.999/US gal) in Ohio. And breathed a sigh of relief that I did a driving trip from Missouri to California and back -- 4700 miles -- in January!   California is headed the UK's way on pricing faster than the US midwest. 

Don

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 12:47 PM John Macartney <johnbmacartney at gmx.com> wrote:

 I?ve been using a friends Spitfire for the last ten days and today decided to top off the tank, even though it was still half full. Toured around the local gas stations to find out where the cheapest fuel might be available. To compare like with like and remembering one US gallon is effectively 3.8 litres (gas is only sold by the litre in the U.K.) the cheapest was one US gallon cost USD 8.77. Just after lunch I passed the same gas station where the price I paid this morning had risen from 8.77 to 9..12.  Diesel was even more! Thankfully, a pint of my favourite beer hasn?t changed - yet.

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Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 22:06:43 -0500
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A TR friend in the Netherlands reported the equivalent of $9.73/US gallon
there this afternoon.

On Thursday, March 10, 2022, bill beecher <notakitcar at yahoo.com> wrote:

 Just topped up yesterday at $3.76gal USD in Texas.

?Last night I saw upon the stair,
A little man who wasn't there,
He wasn't there again today
Oh, how I wish he'd go away?.... Mearns

On Mar 10, 2022, at 12:58 PM, Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com> wrote:

?
I bought fuel twice yesterday travelling between states and paid ?0.80/L
($3.999/US gal) in Ohio. And breathed a sigh of relief that I did a driving
trip from Missouri to California and back -- 4700 miles -- in January!
California is headed the UK's way on pricing faster than the US midwest.

Don

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 12:47 PM John Macartney <johnbmacartney at gmx.com>
wrote:

 I?ve been using a friends Spitfire for the last ten days and today
decided to top off the tank, even though it was still half full. Toured
around the local gas stations to find out where the cheapest fuel might be
available. To compare like with like and remembering one US gallon is
effectively 3.8 litres (gas is only sold by the litre in the U.K.) the
cheapest was one US gallon cost USD 8.77. Just after lunch I passed the
same gas station where the price I paid this morning had risen from 8.77 to
9..12.  Diesel was even more! Thankfully, a pint of my favourite beer
hasn?t changed - yet.

Jonmac

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Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 21:14:47 -0600
From: Patrick Baize <pbaize at satx.rr.com>
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Australia (my wifes cousins ) is at 10.00 per gallon ? first time in my 
life I paid 105.34? for gas 3.999 a gallon

On 3/10/2022 9:06 PM, Don Hiscock wrote:

 A TR friend in the Netherlands reported the equivalent of $9.73/US 
gallon there this afternoon.

On Thursday, March 10, 2022, bill beecher <notakitcar at yahoo.com 
<mailto:notakitcar at yahoo.com>> wrote:

    Just topped up yesterday at $3.76gal USD in Texas.

    ?Last night I saw upon the stair,
    A little man who wasn't there,
    He wasn't there again today
    Oh, how I wish he'd go away?.... Mearns

    On Mar 10, 2022, at 12:58 PM, Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com
    <mailto:don.hiscock at gmail.com>> wrote:

    ?
    I bought fuel twice yesterday travelling between states and paid
    ?0.80/L ($3.999/US gal) in Ohio. And breathed a sigh of relief
    that I did a driving trip from Missouri to California and back --
    4700 miles -- in January! California is headed the UK's way on
    pricing faster than the US midwest.

    Don

    On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 12:47 PM John Macartney
    <johnbmacartney at gmx.com <mailto:johnbmacartney at gmx.com>> wrote:

        I?ve been using a friends Spitfire for the last ten days and
        today decided to top off the tank, even though it was still
        half full. Toured around the local gas stations to find out
        where the cheapest fuel might be available. To compare like
        with like and remembering one US gallon is effectively 3.8
        litres (gas is only sold by the litre in the U.K.) the
        cheapest was one US gallon cost USD 8.77. Just after lunch I
        passed the same gas station where the price I paid this
        morning had risen from 8.77 to 9..12. Diesel was even more!
        Thankfully, a pint of my favourite beer hasn?t changed - yet.

        Jonmac

        Is the latest definition of being ?learned and well-informed?
        showing the world on your ?Teams? and ?Zoom? meetings that you
        have a book-lined study full of titles that are all illegible?
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