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From: John Macartney <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
Jerry Van Vlack wrote:
> That may be important to the Lotus List but has no relevance to the
Triumph
> list. Who really cares what Lotus does.
"Jonmac" replied:
You may not, Jerry - but Lotus was a good customer of Standard-Triumph
for a
number of years and
bought in a lot of ST componentry (steering and suspension mostly) for
use in
its own cars. That
action brought in cash, so Lotus is actually quite important from an
historical
standpoint.
==AM==
Right as usual, John. And it continues to this day, as restorers of
older Lotus 7s, 11s, and various Lotus formula race cars seek out new
or good used vertical links, steering arms and such from the fabled
Standard 8/10 and Herald front suspensions. That's how well regarded
those Standard-Triumph-designed components were back then, that they
were used on a number of the most famous race cars of the era!
--Andy Mace
*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er,
Triumph Herald engine with wings.
-- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)
Check out the North American Triumph Sports 6 (Vitesse 6) and Triumph
Herald Database at its new URL: <http://triumph-herald.us>
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