Greetings From The Great Northwoods of Wisconsin

Hi to all,

I'm back in the Triumph family and wanted to say hello. Back in my misspent youth, I owned a 1976 model TR6. It was my first new car and I drove it through college and my early adult life. Eventually rust, mechanical issues, and a front-end collision (combined with my youthful lack of financial resources) forced us to part. I went on to different things, but never lost my fundamental love for quirky British sports cars.

A year ago, I was able to acquire a somewhat shabby, but clean, 1970 model TR6 from a friend of a friend. Various issues kept the vehicle on the east coast through the winter, but about a month ago I was able to get her home to Northern Wisconsin.

It was like being reunited with an old friend...an old friend who used to drive you nuts from time to time. The master cylinder went south mysteriously on the transporter out from Maryland. The carbs were so rich, she wouldn't idle below about 1100 rpm. Various electrical components were simply "inop." In other words: she came off the truck a typical 40 year old British sports car.

I spent the better part of 3 weekends trying to sort her out enough to be drivable. The Zenith-Stromberg carbs were the hardest thing to deal with. Although they had been "rebuilt" prior to the trip west, I replaced the needles/seats/floats, adjusted the metering needles, even disabled the cold-start devices...all to no avail. The rich running condition resisted all efforts to alter it. I ended up replacing the original carbs with a set of HS6 SUs. That "cured" the rich running issue.

My wife and I went for our maiden voyage in the TR Saturday afternoon. Wow. Years of memories came flooding back. I had forgotten how much I love old British roadsters and how much fun a TR6 can be on a twisting road on a warm summer's afternoon.

There are about 1,872 other "minor" details to sort out, but what the heck. Its summer time, I have a TR6 again, and its good to be back with my "peeps." Hopefully, I'll meet some of you in person someday as we cruise "the road of happy destiny." Stay safe it then.