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About three years ago, the Hurricane suffered a gearbox failure for the third time and cost us a fair sum to fix. This time, however, it was discovered that the propshaft was slightly bent causing the vibration which, presumably, damaged the gearbox. I arranged for a new propshaft to be made in Luton, which was where I worked at the time, and the gearbox was being sorted by a Triumph specialist near Radlett. We'd been nursing the duff gearbox for a few months and it had become quite tedious to drive so I was not too happy with shelling out even more money on it.
When I went to collect the car, after a couple of weeks (not the fastest workers!) I was all grumpy and moody, especially after handing over vast wadds of cash- but as I drove away I discovered the Hurricane Grin Factor had come back in double measure! Thats how you know when you really like a car!
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