>In a message dated 10/25/2000 1:30:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>anabil@caltel.com writes:
>
> > Naaah!!! Only "Sidescreen" TRs are REAL Triumphs (giggles insanely
> > to himself knowing full well this could start a WAR)
>
>Well...one might make the argument that, not counting the pre-World War II
>products of Triumph, the only "true" Triumph might be the Stag, with
>*relatively* little in the way of major components held over from any of
>the
>Standard-era products. Those "sidescreen" cars are nothing more than
>hot-rod
>Vanguards with a Mayflower suspension. All the Herald derivatives, along
>with
>the FWD 1300/1500 series, can trace their mechanical heritage to the
>Standard
>8, circa 1953. And it's difficult to count the Leyland-inspired "Wedge"
>cars,
>right?
>
><VBG>
>
>--Andy "If it's WAR you want...." :-)
Okay! Okay! Okay!!!
Drawing a line in the sand he states:
"HELL! The only REAL Triumphs have two wheels and one HP (that's
"Human Power").
Greg Petrolati Champaign, Illinois 1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory...
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