PRIDE BEFORE A FALL
by Ronald Mayes
In October 2020 I celebrated 200000 miles and 47 years of ownership of my 1970 Triumph 2000, seeing 32050 on the odometer for the third time. In December, just before our posh picnic run, an annoying rattle developed somewhere in the dashboard assembly. It occurred only on coarse-chip sealed roads (and there are plenty of those around Rotorua.) I thought it was coming from the left hand side, Gloria thought the right and a mechanic friend said somewhere in the centre.
I commenced trying to track it down by removing all the junk accumulated in the glovebox and parcel shelves, then one part at a time: glovebox lid, glovebox, left parcel shelf, centre vent and clock panel, instrument panel (just pulled out free of its mountings), centre console panels and radio, and right parcel shelf and trying the car out on the road, with no luck - the rattle persisted. 8
Side Curtains February 2021
