Dave Riddle
I have been a member of DCTRA since 1984. When I (and my Dad) first joined. I had a red 1957 TR3.
Unfortunately a pickup truck with a lift-kit pulled out in front of me one dark night and totaled the car (I was lucky to not have gone under the truck).
After I got married, graduated from School and moved to Korea Dad kept us active in the Club, with his Brown TR6.
When I got back from working in Korea and life settled down a bit with the family I got another TR3 that belonged to another original member of the Club, Bob Schaller. I was looking for a car and wanting to get back involved so I put out the word to the membership and Tom Pennell told me that Bob had recently passed away and that his car was available. Well, I had to keep Bob’s car in the club. At the time Bob’s car (a yellow TR-3) was on the cover of The Roadster Factory’s “Glovebox Compainion” and was of course on the cover car for Bob’s own book “More BS About TR’s” which detailed all the innovative and original modifications that Bob had come up with to enhance the driveability of this wonderful car.
On Track at Firebird Main
Burned dash and cracked windshield
Burned Engine Bay
Right Front Fender and Hood
3/22/08 Work Party to take the nose and fenders off the car (big thank you to
Bill Close, Jim Hughes, Gene Glenn, Cliff Philpot, John Horton, John and Matt Reynolds, John Heisser and Speros Andres!)
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I have recently held positions of VP, Newsletter Editor and I am also the Club’s Webmaster.
Triumph Register of America
Vintage Triumph Register
Dave, Thanks for working on the web site. So… When is the TR3 going to be back on the road?
Hopefully soon. I emailed Paul MacAfee to see about having him come look at it but never heard back from him. I’ll call him instead. Not looking at doing a frame-off. Just replace the wiring harness and rapaint. I have a hood and windshiled to replace from the fire damage.
Well, Dave, I was at Paul’s today and he is almost ready to do the color coats on the TR3 he has been working on for a customer for the past several months. Then he will start replacing the interior, hardware, etc. I think he is planning on getting his recently acquired MGA up and running next, so it will likely be a couple of months before he can tackle another job. As to his not getting back to you,I suppose he has just been too busy to think about the next major job. I’ll ask him to try and at least give you his evaluation of what your TR3 project will entail.
Dave, you asked for stories about members cars some time ago. Do you still need content? I have a story about how I became involved with Triumphs and about the Spitfire I had for 30 years and have now given to my daughter. I have photo of it also. It is a word document I can e-mail to you.
George