I belong to a car club that meets once a month for dinner. We bring our cars and park them on the grass outside. Tonight, there was a green TR3 parked with the hood raised and when I looked at the engine compartment, I couldn't believe my eyes. He had twin Webers with a black plenum chamber, a copper or bronze power brake booster where the battery usually resides with dual master cylinders, a huge distributor with electronic ignition, electric fan and everything immaculate - you could eat off the firewall. I questioned the owner - a vet named Kevin - and he told me he had installed rack & pinion steering from (I think) a TR4A. There was a custom grille with a yellow surround like the LeMans Tr3s and different seats. I didn't have a camera but another member was taking pictures and I asked him to email me a picture. If he does, I'll try and post it here. I never saw a TR3 like it. We had a concours for original cars before dinner and the winner was a 1936 Hotchkiss sedan. Other cars included a 1935 Packard, a 1950 Packard, a 1936 four-door Dodge convertible hot rod, two XK 140s, a 1962 Porsche, a brand-new Boxster, a Bentley, my TR6, a Cobra replica, a wartime Jeep, an Aston martin, 3 Ferraris, an Edsel convertible with only 15K miles...missing were another TR3, my friend's 1931 Model A, an immaculate MGA and a Morris Minor station wagon, all usually seen there. It was a beautiful clear night after three days of thunderstorms.