There are a lot of attractive TR7's and 8s around. A friend of mine used
to have a backyard full, and I know he is a real tightwad, so they must
have been very cheap. If you really want one you should start off with one
that has a hope of being worth the effort--that means running, restored,
and either a TR8 to begin with or one of the many TR7s that got retro'ed
with a V8. You email makes it sound like this is a feasible car, which may
mean you're hoping someone will talk you into it, but a relatively
unpopular and unloved car that's been in a flood and parked for 20 years
spells J-U-N-K
Of course there are people who amuse themselves restoring Renault
Dauphines.
-----Original Message-----
From: Don Marshall [mailto:marshall@nefcom.net]
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 1:24 PM
To: FOT
Subject: TR7 autocrosser, IT car?
I've come into possession of a '76 TR7 and I don't know what to do with
it.
It's an exceptionally clean rustfree Texas car with only 31,000 miles on
it.
Unfortunately, it was in a flood many years ago and has been parked nearly
20 years so I don't know what the condition of the engine, etc. is yet.
Even more unfortunate, it's a coupe. However, I'm thinking that it might
be
a fun and inexpensive stock class autocrosser or maybe even an IT car, and
here in Florida a roof overhead and AC (if it'll work again) can be pretty
attractive in the summer months.
I know practically nothing about TR7s and am wondering if anyone on the
list
is campaigning one in either autocross or IT and could tell me whether it
could be competitive in either place. More importantly maybe, are there
any
really weak points that create serious problems under competitive
conditions? Thanks, Don
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