Isn't that car still around?
Bob Kramer, Austin TX
Hill Country Triumph Club
TR6x3, TR250 x3, TR3A vintage race
rgk@flash.net
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> From: Irv Korey <emanteno@ix.netcom.com>
> To: Bownes, Robert M. (EXCH) <RMBOWNES@intermedia.com>;
'DLMAssoc@AOL.COM'; 'vintage-race@autox.team.net';
'fot@autox.team.net'; 'R. John Lye' <rjl6n@virginia.edu>
> Subject: Re: Was "Alfa GTAm Fender Flares" now TR4 flares
> Date: Tuesday, February 17, 1998 3:29 PM
>
> > Flares were indeed a bit of a thorny issue. As I understand it,
they
> > were not allowed in SCCA. However, they were frequently tolerated.
And,
> > if the article about the Group 44 GT6 is to be believed, if you
could
> > put them on and it didn't look obvious, it was OK. There's a great
> > description in the article attributed to Kas about how to flare the
rear
> > and 'have it look so much like it came from the factory that the
> > inspectors will never look twice' or something of the same feeling.
>
> There was a story circulating about the TR6 that Paul Newman bought
from
> Group 44 and then won the national championship with. The story was
that
> while the car had no flares, it was several inches wider than a stock
TR6.
> It was said that Group 44 was always careful not to paddock near
other
> TR6's. Don't know if there is any truth to this, but it makes an
> interesting urban legend.
>
> Irv
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