On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Catpusher wrote:
> In a message dated 97-12-03 03:00:01 EST, you write:
>
> << bit about Triumphs on the Salt Flats, and some record run attempts.
> Of course I remember no details >>
>
> <snip> well mjb, do not ask about my magazine storage system, but
> I finally found the Dec 1966 Road & Track.
> [...]
> p.92 -94 "multi-purpose Triumph"
> Kastner goes to Bonneville................
>
> TR4A coupe, IRS, just over 140 bhp, 3.7 non OD 128.20 on webers,
> 127 plus on SUs.
> The article makes it quite clear that the car could have been tweeked
> more and the body modified more as well.
Gee, you'd think they'd have gone for OD or a lower (numerically) rear
end, or was the 3.45 not readily available back then? Or was the TR4A
still too much of a "barn door" in front?!?
--Andy
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