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TR2/3/3A Flasher mount

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Ghimebauch

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I can't seem to identify the electrical device that was mounted adjacent to the flasher. It is just to the right in this photo.

Worse yet, I failed to keep track of what its single lead was attached to before I pulled it out.

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Looks like it might be a capacitor (filter) for radio noise suppression.

Mickey
 
No, I am sure it is a supercharger! Remember in the 60s we would believe any marketing stuff. (but really, I am going with Mickey)
Jerry
 
Jerry said:
No, I am sure it is a supercharger! Remember in the 60s we would believe any marketing stuff. (but really, I am going with Mickey)
Jerry
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excellent. That makes sense. The radio is not on the checklist for restoration. No radio, no capacitor. Thanks. BTW, I am pretty sure it is not a supercharger
 
Jerry said:
No, I am sure it is a supercharger! Remember in the 60s we would believe any marketing stuff. (but really, I am going with Mickey)
Jerry
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Remember the old JC Whitney catalogs? My Dad always said you could tell how big a scam it was, by how big the ad was. The "300 mpg carburetor" ads would always be the biggest, while the "adds 30 hp" were much smaller. :)

Here's a review I just found of some of the more popular ones:
https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/alternative-fuel/gas-mileage/1802932
 
Thanks Randall, that was a walk back through time. I do think I bought one of the capacitors/filters for the radio interference in the late 60s. I put it on my Datsun 510. I loved that car but the radio was so poor, I could not hear it.
Jerry
 
I think it ionizes the fuel for doubling your gas mileage...My lightning rod recharger tech says he can also recharge your ionizer.
 
TR3driver said:
Remember the old JC Whitney catalogs? My Dad always said you could tell how big a scam it was, by how big the ad was. The "300 mpg carburetor" ads would always be the biggest, while the "adds 30 hp" were much smaller. :)
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I spent many summers happily looking at the JC Whitney catalog. My father had a '67 VW Beetle for a second car that eventually became my first car. I convinced my dad to order all sorts of things from that catalog for that car as the VW section was pretty good size. Those were the days !
 
They even used to carry a fair number of parts for TRs. I remember buying TR3 bearings, gaskets and an 87mm piston & liner set from them.
 
TR3driver said:
They even used to carry a fair number of parts for TRs. I remember buying TR3 bearings, gaskets and an 87mm piston & liner set from them.
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I have a 1972 catalog although it's one where they still called themselves "The Original Warshawsky & Co.". I loved pouring over it when I first got my TR4A dreaming of all the cheap parts I could have ordered if only it was 1972 instead of 1980. :) (Wire wheels for example!).



I scanned the 15 page sport car section here.

https://s802.photobucket.com/user/HerronScott/library/Warshawsky Catalog 1972



Scott
 
For many years (all my youth anyway) the order form in the catalog had descriptors on the boxes to be completed that read something like:

Make (Chevy, Triumph, etc) [ _________]

Model (Bel Air, TR3, etc) [__________]

Not sure if the Chevy Bel Air was the other example offered but recall clearly that TR3 was there. Nice, as I would just circle 'Triumph' and 'TR3' on my order.
 
I didn't know it was Warshawsky & Co. first. I do remember the shaded shapes of the cars at the top of the pages to show the different sections. The Porsche, VW , and the Jeep I can see like it was yesterday ! Funny, but that catalog was such a good memory.
 
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