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Posted: **15 Jul 2012 22:31**

Out for a short drive earlier today and got a cheery wave from a white TR6 and even a nod from a yellow Lotus Elise.
Perhaps the TR7 is finally going to get accepted.

Mind you, I got totally ignored by a bloke in a convertable Morris Minor so you can't win them all.

Russ

1980 TR7 Sprint DHC
Dursley
UK

Posted: **15 Jul 2012 23:03**

Some TR6 owners are nice people too. The Lotus driver probably wanted your phone number. [}:)]

You have to be careful before you get upset at being given the cold shoulder. Some people think that all red sports cars are Ferraris so they would interpret your wave as having their noses rubbed in it. If your car was a Ferrari they'd be absolutely correct to snub you so really it is a compliment.

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Posted: **16 Jul 2012 08:51**

My Dad had a Morris Minor, there must have been over an inch of play in the steering, you wouldn't dare take your hands off the steering wheel, even to change gear. Waving could be near fatal for all concerned!
Clayps

What's that coming over the hill? Is it a monster?

Posted: **16 Jul 2012 10:51**

Well today I got a nod from the diver of a Ferrari whilst I was out in the MGF....... at least I think it was a nod but maybe it was just a nervous tic! [:D]

80'Triumph TR7, , 73'Land Rover (Ford 351. V8),
'89 Ford Fairlane
'98 MG-F, 69'Ford F250.
76' Ford F100

Posted: **16 Jul 2012 11:42**

So Cobber you got a suspension nailed onto that MG did you? What did you do to it?

Hasbeen

Posted: **16 Jul 2012 12:08**

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by claypole1360

My Dad had a Morris Minor, there must have been over an inch of play in the steering, you wouldn't dare take your hands off the steering wheel, even to change gear. Waving could be near fatal for all concerned!<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

That reminds me I drove a Morris Minor van when I joined Post Office Telephones in the early 1970's. It was a sort of camouflage green colour which our garage mechanics hand painted yellow using a roller when the company logo changed a couple of years later. It looked as bad as it sounds.
Our vans all had special low powered engines and were usually overloaded so were a bit of a challenge to an enthusiastic driver, but you could get flames out of the side mounted exhaust on the over-run if you tried hard enough.
Mind you stopping it was a whole other story but I don't recall the steering ever being an issue.

Posted: **16 Jul 2012 16:05**

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by claypole1360

My Dad had a Morris Minor, there must have been over an inch of play in the steering, you wouldn't dare take your hands off the steering wheel, even to change gear. Waving could be near fatal for all concerned!
Clayps

What's that coming over the hill? Is it a monster?
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Only an inch, my series 2 landrover has at least 2 and that is pretty good many have approaching 4 inches of play.

Posted: **16 Jul 2012 20:58**

I'm suprised if any early TR owner is brave enough to wave and steer the things with one hand ;-)

1975 TR7
1977 TR7 Sprint

Posted: **17 Jul 2012 01:14**

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by kstrutt1Only an inch, my series 2 landrover has at least 2 and that is pretty good many have approaching 4 inches of play.
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One the old series 2 Landrovers that I used to own had about 4 inches of play, It'd wander all over the road until you got up to about 75-80 mph, then it'd track real good! [:0]
In order to obtain such a velocity, obviously it no longer possessed the original Landrover engine. It had a Holden 6cyl conversion, the other had a Leyland P76 4.4 litre V8 conversion, that old bugger went even harder! It's surprising how hard you can make an old Landie go when your young and silly!

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'89 Ford Fairlane
'98 MG-F, 69'Ford F250.
76' Ford F100

Posted: **17 Jul 2012 02:39**

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by John Wood

I'm suprised if any early TR owner is brave enough to wave and steer the things with one hand ;-)

1975 TR7
1977 TR7 Sprint
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That is unkind of you John, [:D] they weren't much worse than most cars of the early 60s. [}:)]

I remember passing a TR3 down conrod straight once, in my Morgan +4. Yes he was concentrating hard on preventing wander at about 120 MPH. I did not have that wander built into my steering, but was bouncing all over the road on the bumps, with my stiff suspension. [:0]

As you do not have much directional control while airborne, we did a kind of deadly dance together, until I was passed. The Jag XK120, [with c type motor], I next passed was much worse, it was both wandering, & bouncing.

Incidentally he, & other TR drivers survived. The most deadly cars down conrod in my day, were made by Lotus, claimed to have the best road holding & steering of the day.

Hasbeen

Posted: **17 Jul 2012 05:42**

That sounds great "Conrod Straight". My most exiting driving experience is the M6[:D]

1975 TR7
1977 TR7 Sprint

Posted: **17 Jul 2012 05:53**

That sounds harder to me John.

We only had to dodge pot holes & other cars while staying on the black stuff.

On the M6 you've got to do all that, & look out for sneaky speed cameras. [:(!]

Hasbeen

Posted: **17 Jul 2012 14:49**

My old Volkswagen busses were all that way too; I always said they made them narrow so that you had more room to weave around and still stay in your lane!

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Posted: **18 Jul 2012 09:35**

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Cobber

... the old series 2 Landrovers ... until you got up to about 75-80 mph, then it'd track real good! <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
I've always thought that the only way for a series 2 Land Rover to reach more than 60 mph would be by pushing it over a cliff edge [}:)]
No wonder it went in a straight line [:D]

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Posted: **18 Jul 2012 12:06**

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Beans
I've always thought that the only way for a series 2 Land Rover to reach more than 60 mph would be by pushing it over a cliff edge [}:)]
No wonder it went in a straight line [:D]
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Even with the Holden engine, to get up to 80 it needed the help of a long downhill straight.
Otherwise @75mph was as much as I could coax outta that one.

Fortunately we had some loooong deserted straights in East Gippsland where you could see how fast you could go. Some bloody marvelous twisty mountain roads too! The trip from Metung to Omeo via the Alpine Way is great fun. A few cliffs to fall off too!

80'Triumph TR7, , 73'Land Rover (Ford 351. V8),
'89 Ford Fairlane
'98 MG-F, 69'Ford F250.
76' Ford F100

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