'58 Complementary Triumph TR3 Motorcar

"David Lesher" wrote in message
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Jim Weir writes:

My lady has just informed me that she would consider a complementary
Triumph TR3
to our classic '58 Cessna 182 a good idea. She's willing to cash in her
old
Chevy on the Triumph...oil leaks and all...for a TR-3 of that era.

Anybody got a lead on one of those old rascals?


And you people worry about fixing AIRCRAFT electrical systems....

I had a mid-70's MGB once. A friend suggested I replace the electrical
system with a tallow candle, claiming it would be more dependable. He was
probably right. My brother gave me a can of mechanics soap because I was
always showing up at his house with grease stained hands, having had to dig
in under the hood in route.

Michael

"Michael 182" wrote in message news:9FvTb.163259$sv6.892831@attbi_s52...
"David Lesher" wrote in message
...
Jim Weir writes:

My lady has just informed me that she would consider a complementary
Triumph TR3
to our classic '58 Cessna 182 a good idea. She's willing to cash in her
old
Chevy on the Triumph...oil leaks and all...for a TR-3 of that era.

Anybody got a lead on one of those old rascals?


And you people worry about fixing AIRCRAFT electrical systems....

I had a mid-70's MGB once. A friend suggested I replace the electrical
system with a tallow candle, claiming it would be more dependable. He was
probably right. My brother gave me a can of mechanics soap because I was
always showing up at his house with grease stained hands, having had to dig
in under the hood in route.

Michael


Jim, I owned a 59 TR-3A which unfortunately got killed while parked in
front of my house by a DUI. I subsequently bought a 64 TR-4. I enjoyed
them both immensely. But they do need a bit of TLC. I didn't have as
much trouble with
the goofy Lucas electrical system as I did with the damn carburetors
which are kind of an unsucessful knock of an SU. I did own the TR-4
for years. After I
drove hell out of it I rebuilt the engine, reupholstered it and gave
it to my daughter to drive when she went to Cal-Poly, Later my son
took it over and completely restored it and sold it just this year.
Ed Sullivan

Jim,

These old sports cars can be a lot of fun, but do think about the safety
implications. They don't have any of the modern safety features we've come
to take for granted, and the results of an accident can be disastrous.

Henry Bibb

In article . net, Henry B
ibb wrote:
These old sports cars can be a lot of fun, but do think about the safety
implications. They don't have any of the modern safety features we've come
to take for granted, and the results of an accident can be disastrous.

You're telling this to a GA pilot? GA is accepted to be 7 times more
dangerous than driving a car (about the same as riding a motorcycle on
the road). I don't think he's worried about the old TR-3 lacking
airbags, and I seriously doubt he'll be doing many miles in one per
year!

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
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"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

The only reason I'm looking for a '58 is that the Cessna is a '58 also. I'm
looking for one with lousy paint so that we can "paint to match" the Cessna.
I'm sure French Banner Blue wasn't one of the original colors, but quite
frankly, I'm looking for something to enjoy, not to show in competition.

Jim


(Ed Sullivan)
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-Jim, I owned a 59 TR-3A which unfortunately got killed while parked in
-front of my house by a DUI.


Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

In Jim Weir wrote:

I'm looking for one with lousy paint so that we can "paint to match"
the Cessna. I'm sure French Banner Blue wasn't one of the original
colors

You'll go to hell for that.

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On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 17:12:38 -0800, Jim Weir wrote:

The only reason I'm looking for a '58 is that the Cessna is a '58 also.

A Studebaker Avanti then?

Don
(Ignoring the gullwing SL.)

Another random thought or two, starting with California aviation
history: For many years, the FBO at Santa Ynez had '58 Chevy
Biscaynes as their rental fleet. Maybe they bought them from a
Tijuana taxi company. I seem to recall that they went for $8/day in
1970. Gas was thirty cents a gallon.

Typically, V8s of the '50s got 12-13 miles to a gallon. Caddys got as
much as 17. Remember the "Mobilegas Economy Run"? 20 mpg was
unheard-of for Detroit iron. Until the Falcon and Corvair. (OK. I'm
slighting the Nash Metropolitan.)

'58 was the only year for Chevys with that particular rounded body
style. The next year, Chevy went to the Martian Ground-Chariot body.
Basically, they hammered the fins on the '57 over sideways. '55s,
'56s and '57s all used different tricks to hide the gas cap behind the
left tail=light so that green gas-jockeys couldn't find it.

My old man had a '58 that he must have bought around '61. It was
painted what could only be called, "GM chalky sorta-blue." I learned
to shift on his '54, which was "GM chalky pretty-much-gray."

Don't mind me, I'm old.

Don

In Don Tuite wrote:

Typically, V8s of the '50s got 12-13 miles to a gallon. Caddys got as
much as 17. Remember the "Mobilegas Economy Run"? 20 mpg was
unheard-of for Detroit iron. Until the Falcon and Corvair. (OK. I'm
slighting the Nash Metropolitan.)

And of course the Nash Metropolitan used the same basic engine that is
installed in my MGA, albeit with a somewhat milder cam and only one
carburetor. The MG gets about 28 mpg if you can keep your foot out of
the throttle.

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Don Tuite wrote:

Another random thought or two, starting with California aviation
history: For many years, the FBO at Santa Ynez had '58 Chevy
Biscaynes as their rental fleet.

If you really object to tinkering with cars to keep them running, don't buy *any*
American iron made in '58.

George Patterson
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