Nate is an East Bay community papers editor for the Bay Area News Group and East Bay Times. He edits the Hills weekly Alameda Journal, Berkeley Voice, El Cerrito Journal, Montclarion and Piedmonter newspapers; Central Costa County's weekly Concord Transcript and Walnut Creek Journal papers; and East Contra Costa's weekly East County News.
The history of Britain’s Triumph cars goes back to 1885 when they, like a lot of early automakers, were in the bicycle business.Me & My Car: ’65 Chevy Corvair in Danville ‘a work in progress’
The TR3A was the most popular of the TR models, selling 58,236 vehicles. With the standard 100-horsepower, 1991-cubic-inch, four-cylinder engine linked to a four-speed manual transmission with an unsynchronized first gear, this 50-year-old model is often seen in vintage racing today and is still competitive in the Sports Car Club of America E-production class.
“Dad bought a practice in Montrose, Colorado. The practice grew, and he bought a new Triumph TR3 painted sky blue, Balderston said. “He kept it for a couple of years and then sold it. A few years later, while making house calls, he saw it in a yard just rusting away. To the rescue came David Sorrell, who was mechanically skilled but on Triumph motorcycles and not cars. Parts are everywhere and nowhere. Sorrell and the Balderstons refer to the TR3A as their puzzle car, but at least a puzzle has a box showing how it should look if completed correctly.
Doug, pictured, and Joyce Balderston of Pleasant Hill own this 1958 Triumph TR3A. The car was given to Doug as a college graduation present in 1966 from his father. It has some unique features, including how to open the bonnet and boot . One needs a special wrench to operate those two things. The car has a heater, but one needs to open the bonnet and turn a small valve to let the hot engine water circulate behind the fire wall to heat the interior.
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