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1. [6pack] Canada - TR5 or TR250 (score: 1): Author: Timothy Holbrook <tjh173@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:18:06 -0800 (PST); Hey all, Trying to figure out a piece of Triumph trivia with my Dad...did the Canadian market get the TR5, or the TR250? Online references about the TR250 are somewhat contradictory/vague, sometimes; /html/6pack/2012-12/msg00011.html (7,934 bytes)
2. Re: [6pack] Canada - TR5 or TR250 (score: 1): Author: Dave More <tr6@lbcs.ca>; Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:23:28 -0700; Canada, like the US, received the TR250. No TR5's were sold as new in North America. Cheers, Dave TR250 US ________________________________________ 6pack@autox.team.net Archive: http://www.team.net/a; /html/6pack/2012-12/msg00012.html (9,280 bytes)
3. Re: [6pack] Canada - TR5 or TR250 (score: 1): Author: "David Fidler" <DJFidler@rogers.com>; Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:59:22 -0500; Sorry to correct you Dave, I know of a few TR5s that were sold new in Toronto through Sportscars Unlimited. They were shipped here in error and, rather than take them back, BL said sell 'em! One of o; /html/6pack/2013-01/msg00000.html (11,227 bytes)
4. Re: [6pack] Canada - TR5 or TR250 (score: 1): Author: Dave More <tr6@lbcs.ca>; Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:56:09 -0700; Ya got me! So "officially" there were no Tr5's sold in North America other than those admitted due to bureaucratic bungling? :) Is there any record of where those TR5's ended up, and if they're still; /html/6pack/2013-01/msg00001.html (12,644 bytes)
5. Re: [6pack] Canada - TR5 or TR250 (score: 1): Author: Jody Kerr <jodyfkerr@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:27:34 -0700; I met th fellow who lives in New Mexico and owns a proper TR5. When I asked he said there were 17 of them in the US. -- http://www.theymightberacing.com/ 1953 Studebaker Champion 1960 Austin Healey 3; /html/6pack/2013-01/msg00002.html (14,498 bytes)
6. Re: [6pack] Canada - TR5 or TR250 (score: 1): Author: David Fidler <djfidler@rogers.com>; Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:04:09 -0500; Quite a few exist in NA, but as far as I know, only the few (I think it was 3) sold in Canada arrived here unregistered new. Of course some US and Canadian armed forces guys bought TR5s while they we; /html/6pack/2013-01/msg00003.html (15,937 bytes)
7. Re: [6pack] Canada - TR5 or TR250 (score: 1): Author: "Dave" <dave@ranteer.com>; Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:52:46 -0600; one of those is in the philadelphia area, member of the delaware county triumphs. that car came from belgium, and had been wrecked. its gorgeous now. I met th fellow who lives in New Mexico and owns; /html/6pack/2013-01/msg00004.html (10,646 bytes)
8. Re: [6pack] Canada - TR5 or TR250 (score: 1): Author: Ashford Little <70tr6@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:15:53 -0500; Is it a BRG car? One lived in Atlanta a few years ago. I met the owner at a local show. We got to talking about the car. He really didn't know much about the car or Triumphs. I asked him to call me i; /html/6pack/2013-01/msg00005.html (12,829 bytes)
9. Re: [6pack] Canada - TR5 or TR250 (score: 1): Author: Larry Young <cartravel@pobox.com>; Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:12:30 -0600; Did the TR5 meet Canadian emission standards of the time? I bought my TR250 on European delivery and had to have a special EPA form stating that it met US emission standards in order to register it i; /html/6pack/2013-01/msg00006.html (17,919 bytes)
10. Re: [6pack] Canada - TR5 or TR250 (score: 1): Author: "David Fidler" <DJFidler@rogers.com>; Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:23:25 -0500; Are you sure about that Larry? I've never actually seen the test results, have you? My guess is that the problem was more to do with the lower octane (RON) rating of US fuel. The UK PI TR5s (and TR6s; /html/6pack/2013-01/msg00007.html (12,619 bytes)
11. Re: [6pack] Canada - TR5 or TR250 (score: 1): Author: Ashford Little <70tr6@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:31:56 -0500; I heard that the whole emissions argument was "the story" but that the real reason was cost. The PI system costs more and they didn't think us Yanks would pay for the added cost as PI wasn't common a; /html/6pack/2013-01/msg00008.html (14,537 bytes)
12. Re: [6pack] Canada - TR5 or TR250 (score: 1): Author: Sally or Dick Taylor <taylorturbo6@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:51:37 -0800 (PST); Fid -- High octane fuel was available here in the States during all of the '60s when the TR5s were new. I remember seeing 100+ octane on some of our pumps and muscle cars lined up to get it. I'm less; /html/6pack/2013-01/msg00009.html (14,824 bytes)
13. Re: [6pack] Canada - TR5 or TR250 (score: 1): Author: Dave More <tr6@lbcs.ca>; Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:52:41 -0700; And to add to the tales of complexity and cost apparently the PI cars also didn't take kindly to the types of elevation changes we have in North America, which tends to be a non-issue with modern EFI; /html/6pack/2013-01/msg00010.html (15,989 bytes)
14. Re: [6pack] Canada - TR5 or TR250 (score: 1): Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>; Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:06:46 -0700; IIRC, the plan was to introduce PI as a means of meeting the 1968 US emissions standards, but the development costs mounted (partly because Lucas specified individual runner throttling and some other; /html/6pack/2013-01/msg00011.html (13,565 bytes)
15. Re: [6pack] Canada - TR5 or TR250 (score: 1): Author: "David Fidler" <DJFidler@rogers.com>; Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:17:54 -0500; Yep, that is pretty much what I heard too, but I forgot about the cost factor, which I think was more to do with the maintenance cost than the OEM cost of the unit... you Yanks didn't/wouldn't go on; /html/6pack/2013-01/msg00012.html (14,423 bytes)
16. Re: [6pack] Canada - TR5 or TR250 (score: 1): Author: Larry Young <cartravel@pobox.com>; Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:36:19 -0600; The TR5 did not meet US Emission standards and could not legally be imported into the US. ________________________________________ 6pack@autox.team.net Archive: http://www.team.net/archive Unsubscrib; /html/6pack/2013-01/msg00014.html (11,721 bytes)
17. Re: [6pack] Canada - TR5 or TR250 (score: 1): Author: Larry Young <cartravel@pobox.com>; Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 15:16:27 -0600; I have owned my TR250 since it was new and many of the period road tests stated that emissions was the reason for using carbs on the TR250. Ironically, fuel injection is now the cleaner system, but i; /html/6pack/2013-01/msg00019.html (13,645 bytes)
18. Re: [6pack] Canada - TR5 or TR250 (score: 1): Author: Larry Young <cartravel@pobox.com>; Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 15:35:21 -0600; I have trouble believing the argument about complexity of maintenance of the PI system. Remember, GM had been using fuel injection on several models since the late 50's. Not to mention all the hot ro; /html/6pack/2013-01/msg00020.html (12,078 bytes)
19. Re: [6pack] Canada - TR5 or TR250 (score: 1): Author: Larry Young <cartravel@pobox.com>; Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 15:57:39 -0600; I think 1968 was when the EPA certification came about. The engine in my 250 threw a rod in Europe, so I got a replacement engine under warrantee. I was given a special form for US Customs certifying; /html/6pack/2013-01/msg00021.html (12,244 bytes)
20. Re: [6pack] Canada - TR5 or TR250 (score: 1): Author: Sally or Dick Taylor <taylorturbo6@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:35:25 -0800 (PST); Larry -- Would I pay "just a little bit more" for a 40% increase in power? Probably so, but I would've been in the minority back in the late sixties when it was just about as cheap to get a V8 Cheve; /html/6pack/2013-01/msg00022.html (13,149 bytes)

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