Hi Gerhard:
I have always believed that I owned the ancestor of the TR4 engine. I have
recently restored a 1950 Standard Vanguard. This engine - a 2088cc,
wet-liner, OHV four - was developed in 1947 by Standard Cars, the parent
company of Triumph. It was subsequently used in the Triumph 1800/2000
drophead coupe, the Triumph Renown and the TR2, TR3 and TR4. Modified into
a six cylinder in 1961 for use in the last Vanguards, the engine was
subsequently employed in the Vitesse 2000, Triumph 2000 and the TR6.
Was the original four cylinder based on a Citroen design? I know that
Citroen introduced an OHV four with wet-liners in the early 30s but this
was not an original idea. It is possible that Standard may have examined
this engine for ideas but by 1947 it seems less likely. The Standard
engine was revolutionary for Britain in that the bore/stroke relationship
was nearly square, unlike the usual tax-evading narrow bore engines which
were previously popular.
I would like to hear more on this topic, which should be of interest to all
TR owners - except those of us who are blessed/cursed with TR7s.
John McEwen
>What is a true LBC....? Were there really many "one-country cars" in the
>last 40
>years?
>
>Examples:
>
>The TR 4 was designed by an Italian and itīs engine is the copy of a Ciroen
>engine.
>
>The very first BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke)car was a licensed copy of the
>Austin 7(more than 40 years ago).
>
>Triumph tryed hard to stay all British with the TR 6 by using an all
>British FI-
>system istead of using one of the already proven systems. However the
>body-design and most bodypanel-tools came from Germany (Karmann).
>
>Jaguar and Aston Martin were sold to Ford. Are these still real British
>cars or
>are the cars just Fords with a bought logo-badge on it now?
>
>
>Troy isnīt that wrong as many of you might think. The Triumph marque
>belongs to
>Rover now and Rover belongs to BMW now. Maybe some time we can buy new Triumps
>made by Rover as we can buy new MGs now. I read in a motor-mag that BMW is
>thinking about it.
>
>As you all know the Triumph marque has had more rebirthes than a tibetanian
>monk.
>
>
>Gerhard
>
>TR 6
>TR 7 RV
>
>
>
>> And as far as being a true LBC (Little British Car), that does not work
>>being
>that it is German and all.
>
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>> > I havn't been on the list long. Has there been any discussion about the
>> > Z3?.....Is this car considered to be a true LBC? Anyone driven
>> > one?...How was it?
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