Reluctant female passengers

[terriphill]

I... I'm the one who wanted an LBC mainly because I wanted a small, quick, convertible...

So how did you end up with an MG

Couldn't afford a TR6...I'm working my way up!

 

[TRDejaVu]

...I guess I could put the top up, but I sort of live by the idea that the top is only there for when I park it just in case it rains...

You've got that right; excellent attitude to have for these cars.

 

[Tinster]

...I guess I could put the top up, but I sort of live by the idea that the top is only there for when I park it just in case it rains...

You've got that right; excellent attitude to have for these cars.

<span style="color: #990000">Hello Ian !

I was speaking with Gardener last night. He has Mr. Miracle at home now with
driving plates. We were discussing that when you drive a TR6 in the tropics,
you quickly how to rapidly put the top up since there might be a cloud burst
around the next corner.

Now that my car is able to drive more than 5 miles from home, I usually
get hit with a cloud burst.

ah!! Life in the tropics.(But it sure beats cold, wet, snow and ice.

d</span>

 

[TRDejaVu]

...I guess I could put the top up, but I sort of live by the idea that the top is only there for when I park it just in case it rains...

You've got that right; excellent attitude to have for these cars.

<span style="color: #990000">...We were discussing that when you drive a TR6 in the tropics,
you quickly how to rapidly put the top up since there might be a cloud burst
around the next corner...

ah!! Life in the tropics.(But it sure beats cold, wet, snow and ice.

d</span>

The roof on mine has been up 3 times in 2 years; all when getting caught in showers. I have to admit that lack of practice means that by the time I get the roof secured I am already wet through.

As to the snow and ice etc, that is how I make my living so bah-humbug to global warming; at least until I can retire.

 

[TRnorwegian]

...I guess I could put the top up, but I sort of live by the idea that the top is only there for when I park it just in case it rains...

You've got that right; excellent attitude to have for these cars.

<span style="color: #990000">...We were discussing that when you drive a TR6 in the tropics,
you quickly how to rapidly put the top up since there might be a cloud burst
around the next corner...

ah!! Life in the tropics.(But it sure beats cold, wet, snow and ice.

d</span>

The roof on mine has been up 3 times in 2 years; all when getting caught in showers. I have to admit that lack of practice means that by the time I get the roof secured I am already wet through.

As to the snow and ice etc, that is how I make my living so bah-humbug to global warming; at least until I can retire.

How long does it take to put the top up in a hurry? I haven't ridden a TR6 since 1982, and before that MGBs. I seem to recall at least the MGB's top could be folded up with one hand, the other on the wheel, as long as the speed didn't exceed 30 mph.
I hope to practise this skill more often next spring, and in contrast to you guys, the climate where I drive calls for using the top more frequently.

Anders

 

[TRnorwegian]

I can't say anything, but let them drive it. Our's still technically my wife's car. She's the original buyer and put 50,000 of the 57,000 original miles on it herself.

Although she is a bit afraid of the power it has now with the new engine installed....

Technically? Either you bought it from her, ot it's still hers.
Wouldn't mind marrying into a TR6 myself... Can't say it's much stuff my wife brought into the marriage that I treasure dearly today. I suppose neither can she, 25 years later.

 

[Brosky]

Well, we sort of enjoy a "joint property ownership". I order the parts and get the work done and she gets to pay the bills.

 

[terriphill]

...I guess I could put the top up, but I sort of live by the idea that the top is only there for when I park it just in case it rains...

You've got that right; excellent attitude to have for these cars.

<span style="color: #990000">Hello Ian !

I was speaking with Gardener last night. He has Mr. Miracle at home now with
driving plates. We were discussing that when you drive a TR6 in the tropics,
you quickly how to rapidly put the top up since there might be a cloud burst
around the next corner.

Now that my car is able to drive more than 5 miles from home, I usually
get hit with a cloud burst.

ah!! Life in the tropics.(But it sure beats cold, wet, snow and ice.

d</span>

I find that when those rain showers come up, I just drive faster and it blows the rain off! (Just don't stop or sit still )

 

[Trevor Triumph]

I am so fortunate. When we bought the 1960 Austin Healy she drove it around just to hear the sound of the engine. When we had the Opel Manta she placed first or second in out region's SCCA autocross series. One day she outdrove Donna Mae Mims- beat her on actual time (not on some index) at our local autocross. My wife so liked my Spitfire she has one of her own. She readily agreed that her car should have the European spec SUs and high compression pistons. She campaigned to install the 4 into 1 header. She did most of the interior work: carpet, seats, dash, door panels. At Triumphest she is often the class leader in the autocross. She also has an Austin Taxi.
And I know two female TR6 drivers.

 

[TRnorwegian]

I am so fortunate. When we bought the 1960 Austin Healy she drove it around just to hear the sound of the engine. When we had the Opel Manta she placed first or second in out region's SCCA autocross series. One day she outdrove Donna Mae Mims- beat her on actual time (not on some index) at our local autocross. My wife so liked my Spitfire she has one of her own. She readily agreed that her car should have the European spec SUs and high compression pistons. She campaigned to install the 4 into 1 header. She did most of the interior work: carpet, seats, dash, door panels. At Triumphest she is often the class leader in the autocross. She also has an Austin Taxi.
And I know two female TR6 drivers.

Yes, you are truly fortunate. Unless your'e making all of this up
Female Triumph-drivers is also spelled sexy.

 

[Trevor Triumph]

Nope, it is all true!! T.T.

 

[TRnorwegian]

Nope, it is all true!! T.T.

I was afraid so

 

[CraigLandrum]

My original 62 AH3000 was my first car in high school and was definitely a date magnet, although the father's of my dates gave me a few warning looks. The engine seized up in that car before my first wife had a chance to ride in it, and after she left I treated myself to a second MkII while stationed at Ft. Meade. Can't recall whether wife #2 had a chance to ride in the second Healey but I only had that for a short time before some ditz in a VW ran me off the road and totaled that one. Much later after the Army and now with wife #3, bought my tri-carb MkII and she loved to both ride and drive. She got a kick out of the silly smile on my face every time we drove it through the tunnel up on Skyline Drive here in the Blue Ridge mountains - 80% of the pleasure in owning a big Healey is the incomparable resonant exhaust which is amplified when doing tunnels. If you've owned a Healey, you know. Current wife used to work on her own cars in college so she sort of understood the amount of work it took to keep an old car running. Sold that car to build a new room on the house for the oldest son, who years later bought me the TR3 we are now restoring together. Still with wife #3 and she is looking forward to riding and driving the TR. My 14 year old daughter is hinting around about driving the TR3. Might let her take it out with me in the passenger seat once she has her license, but it's gonna take a lot of fetching beers for Dad and semesters on the honor roll before that happens

 

[MadRiver]

If I may be so bold -- and with no offense to anyone's better half -- it's all about finding the right woman! My girlfriend not only loves to ride in old English roadsters, she owns one!

Here she is in her 1971 TR6:

And she's a great mechanic. Here she is lending a hand on my 250's new clutch slave cylinder:

And here she is chatting it up with the nice folks at Moss while ordering up some spares for her 6:

Yes, it's true. I'm both a lucky and a happy man!

P.S. I realize that you can only see my floor jack on the picture with the 250, but the car is securely on jack stands -- for extra safety and convenience, I leave the floor jack in position, but without weight on it. Safety first!

 

[kodanja]

no jack stands huh!


Thats a thought!....lol




opppppsssssssssssssssss

 

[TR3driver]

P.S. I realize that you can only see my floor jack on the picture with the 250,

Then what's that orange thing visible between her thigh and the brake rotor? Looks like a HF jack stand to me.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:] I'm both a lucky and a happy man! [/QUOTE]Yes indeed ... does she have a sister?

 

[prb51]

Does she hava a sister?

 

[Mickey Richaud]

Bill -

Hang on to her AND that book under the catalog:

Original TR4

Mickey

 

[kodanja]

I'd be lucky to get my wife near the car while I'm working on it, just to ask her for a wrench.

(You know hunni the long thing with the two teeth at the end)

Let alone under it!

 

[TR3driver]

Hang on to her AND that book under the catalog:

HOLY !!!!
I didn't pay that much for my first TR !