delisaj
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Was surfing the web on how to install an original radio in my TR-6 when I "stumbled" across this site. Starting going through the posts and saw this one. So I signed up!
My Dad had a TR-6 when I was growing up, and fondly remembered the car. So, when approaching a "mid-life crisis", decided it would be fun to own something different, and a TR-6 would be it.
My first TR6, a 1973 beaut, I bought from a friend of a friend, and I owned for one day. I was driving it home and it stalled out on the Meritt Parkway. Being new to owning Triumphs, I didn't know what to do. Called a tow truck, sent the car back to the dealer. Turns out it was the distributor cap. Get it going again, make it almost all of the way to work, and the alternator goes. So, that's it, another flat bed, straight back to the dealer , fed up and I get my money back.
Not to be deterred from getting my Triumph, I find another red one, a 1971, and have my expert father-in-law mechanic check it out. No problems.. So I buy that one and I am now a happy TR-6 owner! Saved $4000 in the process. No problems, and absolutely love the car. Love it.
So, a happy ending to the story, and, with a cleaned out garage to park my new toy, hopefully many years of driving joy.
The forum looks like a great place to share stories and advice, so I am looking forward to it!
John
My Dad had a TR-6 when I was growing up, and fondly remembered the car. So, when approaching a "mid-life crisis", decided it would be fun to own something different, and a TR-6 would be it.
My first TR6, a 1973 beaut, I bought from a friend of a friend, and I owned for one day. I was driving it home and it stalled out on the Meritt Parkway. Being new to owning Triumphs, I didn't know what to do. Called a tow truck, sent the car back to the dealer. Turns out it was the distributor cap. Get it going again, make it almost all of the way to work, and the alternator goes. So, that's it, another flat bed, straight back to the dealer , fed up and I get my money back.
Not to be deterred from getting my Triumph, I find another red one, a 1971, and have my expert father-in-law mechanic check it out. No problems.. So I buy that one and I am now a happy TR-6 owner! Saved $4000 in the process. No problems, and absolutely love the car. Love it.
So, a happy ending to the story, and, with a cleaned out garage to park my new toy, hopefully many years of driving joy.
The forum looks like a great place to share stories and advice, so I am looking forward to it!
John
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