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From: Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
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On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 15:25:27 -0500, Phil Hobbs
<pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:

>On 2024-12-20 13:30, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>> On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:41:00 -0500, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 12/18/2024 4:29 PM, Phil Hobbs wrote:
>>>> Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:25:56 -0500, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12/18/2024 1:38 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>>>>> Gentlemen,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A chum of mine who's into classic cars has asked me to take a look at
>>>>>>> the radio out of his 1938 Bentley which has never worked in all the
>>>>>>> years he's had it in his ownership.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh, I found the problem! It says "Made in the UK" on the label! HEH
>>>>>
>>>>> Naturally an American valve radio would still be working perfectly
>>>>> after 86 years, it's fair to assume?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Joseph Lucas, the inventor of darkness, died in 1902. His legacy lasted
>>>> another century.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Phil “former TR7 owner” Hobbs
>>>>
>>>
>>> George Lucas invented Darth Vader and I expect his legacy of bad
>>> spin-offs will beat that record
>> 
>> Triumph's TR series 3 through 6 were very well received and remain
>> highly prized to this day. However, for some reason, the TR7 was never
>> liked (except by Phil) from day 1 and remained the poor relation for
>> decades after its launch. Only recently has there been some change in
>> sentiment towards it. Amazing what the passage of time can do to our
>> perception of a design.
>> 
>
>The main trouble with the TR7 was that the original four-speed manual 
>was made of glass.  By the time it got the much much nicer 5-speed, it 
>was too late.
>
>I got my '78 used, for cheap, in early '82.  It had an overheating 
>problem and a broken temperature gauge, not a good combination.  One 
>educational weekend spent changing the head gasket, and a bodged-in 
>5-speed (had to use a Frankenstein drive shaft), made it a really 
>beautiful drive.
>
>The TR8 was the same car with the five speed and a small V8 (originally 
>the Buick 218 cu in), and was a good and (for English) reliable car.
>

I'm glad the 7 worked out for you in the end. Triumph also made - in
that same era - a model called the Stag, which was another great
concept car, only let down (as usual with English cars) by poor
execution. It had a sweet-sounding little 3 liter V8, a really nicely
presented body and a sumptuous interior with that wonderful
typically-Triumph dashboard to die for. Initially welcomed by the
world's motoring press with rave reviews, it was let down badly by
overheating problems. They hadn't washed all the sand out of some of
the castings. The fix was simple - once they'd discovered the cause -
but by that time it was too late: the Stag's rep was ever-after
stained by the overheating issue, which it never really recovered from
until decades later within the classic collector fraternity.
That was always the issue with English cars and motorcycles: great
concepts poorly manufactured.