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To: FOT <fot@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Synchros
From: Bill Babcock via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 09:55:28 -1000
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I=E2=80=99m in two of the four camps. I don=E2=80=99t run unmodified =
junk transmissions and I don=E2=80=99t have a Toyota five speed =
installed (though I do have one sitting around, tanned, rested and =
ready). I have a TR6 transmission that Hardy Prentice did for me that =
seems bulletproof. Real triumph guts, shifts like it has some kind of =
electronic assist and looks fine whenever I open it up to check it. =
It=E2=80=99s been out of Peyote for a while though, I don=E2=80=99t like =
to tear it up. Instead I use quaife dog boxes in TR6 cases. Not a cheap =
solution, and they eventually need work, but they take the pounding I =
give them without complaint.=20

I think =E2=80=9CVintage Spirit=E2=80=9D is a ship that sailed a long =
time ago. We don=E2=80=99t see megabuck Ferraris at our races very =
often=E2=80=94now it=E2=80=99s because they=E2=80=99ve become toys for =
guys who think 30 million dollars is not too much to pay for garage =
bling, but even before that, having your =E2=80=9Creal down to the last =
bolt=E2=80=9D Ferrari or Maserati get it=E2=80=99s butt kicked by a =
mongrel like Peyote, or a TR4 that=E2=80=99s lapping well above the =
track record for open wheel cars in 1965, is too painful to endure.=20


Bill Babcock
Bill@ponostyle.com
Editor: Ponostyle
Celebrating Water

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class=3D""><div class=3D"">I=E2=80=99m in two of the four camps. I =
don=E2=80=99t run unmodified junk transmissions and I don=E2=80=99t have =
a Toyota five speed installed (though I do have one sitting around, =
tanned, rested and ready). I have a TR6 transmission that Hardy Prentice =
did for me that seems bulletproof. Real triumph guts, shifts like it has =
some kind of electronic assist and looks fine whenever I open it up to =
check it. It=E2=80=99s been out of Peyote for a while though, I don=E2=80=99=
t like to tear it up. Instead I use quaife dog boxes in TR6 cases. Not a =
cheap solution, and they eventually need work, but they take the =
pounding I give them without complaint.&nbsp;</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I think =E2=80=9CVintage Spirit=E2=80=9D =
is a ship that sailed a long time ago. We don=E2=80=99t see megabuck =
Ferraris at our races very often=E2=80=94now it=E2=80=99s because =
they=E2=80=99ve become toys for guys who think 30 million dollars is not =
too much to pay for garage bling, but even before that, having your =
=E2=80=9Creal down to the last bolt=E2=80=9D Ferrari or Maserati get =
it=E2=80=99s butt kicked by a mongrel like Peyote, or a TR4 that=E2=80=99s=
 lapping well above the track record for open wheel cars in 1965, is too =
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