(re)Introduction...
Posted: 18 Feb 2010 16:44
Howdy all, its been quite a while since I was last here. Started a new identity while I was at it (forgot my former user ID and password, but had hardly any posts with it anyway).
I live in Loveland Colorado, just north of Denver. My wedge, I've owned it going on five years now, is a 1980 TR8FHC (very early TCN150 series car) and has been in Colorado since new. It also has a sliding glass sunroof that was installed in Leonia NJ before it was delivered to Colorado. This sunroof was best known from the "Southern Skies" special edition TR7 sold in the Southeast sales area of the US, but was available for all US coupes from early 1976. Of the known TR8 Coupes, mine seems to be the only one with the sliding glass roof.
Along with the sunroof, my TR8 also has air conditioning, rear defrost and luggage rack. Not being a big fan of the luggage rack on a wedge coupe, and the trunk being quite a bit larger than earlier TR's, I've replaced the boot-lid with one that has never had a rack fitted. This way I can keep the original lid with the rack fitted. If I ever need the rack, it takes about ten minutes to switch them out.
I am the third owner of this TR8. The first owner only had it for two years, the second owner for 23 years. It has been very well maintained, and driven quite often. The odometer has just passed 162,000 miles and the car has never been restored. There is some rust in the front wings (down low) and the base of the spare tire well but that is all. Otherwise, the car is very solid.
I live at just under 5,000 feet (1524 meters) in altitude and regularly drive the car over 9,000 (2743 meters) feet in altitude. At least once a year I drive over Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park, which is the highest continuous paved road in North America with a peak altitude of 12,183 feet(3,713 meters). I've also driven it up to the Mt. Evans summit parking lot, which is the highest non-continuous paved road in North America, at 14,134 feet (4308 meters) is just 130 feet below the summit of Mt. Evans. The parking lot there is 20 feet higher than the summit of Pikes Peak. The carbs still work at 14,000 feet in case you were wondering. Some of you are also on the Club Triumph site and might remember me posting about Mt. Evans over there a few years ago.
Anyway, hope to visit here on a more regular occasion.
Be seeing you all...
I live in Loveland Colorado, just north of Denver. My wedge, I've owned it going on five years now, is a 1980 TR8FHC (very early TCN150 series car) and has been in Colorado since new. It also has a sliding glass sunroof that was installed in Leonia NJ before it was delivered to Colorado. This sunroof was best known from the "Southern Skies" special edition TR7 sold in the Southeast sales area of the US, but was available for all US coupes from early 1976. Of the known TR8 Coupes, mine seems to be the only one with the sliding glass roof.
Along with the sunroof, my TR8 also has air conditioning, rear defrost and luggage rack. Not being a big fan of the luggage rack on a wedge coupe, and the trunk being quite a bit larger than earlier TR's, I've replaced the boot-lid with one that has never had a rack fitted. This way I can keep the original lid with the rack fitted. If I ever need the rack, it takes about ten minutes to switch them out.
I am the third owner of this TR8. The first owner only had it for two years, the second owner for 23 years. It has been very well maintained, and driven quite often. The odometer has just passed 162,000 miles and the car has never been restored. There is some rust in the front wings (down low) and the base of the spare tire well but that is all. Otherwise, the car is very solid.
I live at just under 5,000 feet (1524 meters) in altitude and regularly drive the car over 9,000 (2743 meters) feet in altitude. At least once a year I drive over Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park, which is the highest continuous paved road in North America with a peak altitude of 12,183 feet(3,713 meters). I've also driven it up to the Mt. Evans summit parking lot, which is the highest non-continuous paved road in North America, at 14,134 feet (4308 meters) is just 130 feet below the summit of Mt. Evans. The parking lot there is 20 feet higher than the summit of Pikes Peak. The carbs still work at 14,000 feet in case you were wondering. Some of you are also on the Club Triumph site and might remember me posting about Mt. Evans over there a few years ago.
Anyway, hope to visit here on a more regular occasion.
Be seeing you all...
