Is it worth it to go completely original?

[NutmegCT]

I'm going through the same "do we or don't we" as I work on my 1959 TR3A. Take a look at this thread:

https://www.britishcarforum.com/bcforum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/334841/gonew/1#UNREAD

Example: do I remove and replace the original but slightly ragged jute carpet padding, or not?

Decisions ... decisions ... ad infinitum.

Tom

 

[jdubois]

Thanks guys, I'm enjoying the differing opinions and good discussion. This forum is great! Heck, Mr. Mace alone is great /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif . The whole forum is awesome.

 

[TexasKnucklehead]

That article on restoration (over, under or none) is great. Thanks, Tom.

I guess it's your car and your decision. I can't complain about any of the original rework or modifications made to *my* TR6 by the previous owner. He kept it fairly original, while making it more driveable. -They way I like it. If I'm lucky, it will never be on a trailer.

Great discussion.

 

[Andrew Mace]

....Heck, Mr. Mace alone is great /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif ....

Wow, thanks! But even at the ripe old age of 54, I still think of "Mr. Mace" as my late father: he, the single least mechanically minded male ever to walk the planet, but the man who bought a brand-new Triumph 10 sedan in late 1958 and started me on this lifelong obsession (which he also maintained until his passing)!

I must admit my passion for early Spitfires is almost as deep at that for Heralds (hey, they're pretty closely related). I think it has something to do with my being 11 and getting a ride in my then-Sunday School teacher's powder blue Spitfire 4 on the way home from a field trip! Even at age 11, I recognized some similarities between it and the Herald 1200 convertible my dad had by that time.... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif

 

[YankeeTR]

George..Now THAT's much better looking than a regular off the shelf modern battery...great compromise for looks and cost.