Hi-
The Buffum effort was a factory-sponsored team. Woodner was private but had
factory help. There was also Canadian team headed by Walter Boyce who got
factory aid from the Canadian company.
"Coordination" was a mixed bag. I was in charge of publicity, Mike Barratt was
the eastern competitiuon department manager and worked with Buffum on parts,
etc. Much of the technology came from the UK and Buffum worked directly with
them - he drove factory cars in Europe several times. Buffum's team built a
lot of their own stuff but, when they trashed a and had no time to rebuild, at
least twice a car was flown in from the UK.
I don't have Price's book but British authors and historians and enthusiasts
have a bad habit of ignoring anything that happened outside the British Isles,
even in the North American market where most of the cars were sold and most
(if not all) of the profit was made.
What else do you need to know?
Mike Cook
----- Original Message -----
From: EISANDIEGO@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 6:02 PM
To: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Any Triumph TR7/TR8 Road Rally Historians On This List ?
I am wondering if anyone on this list followed the efforts of John
Buffum and Jon Woodner when they were rallying the Tr7/Tr8s? Was there any
formal relationship between Buffum and Woodner? Was Woodner supported by
Triumph in the same manner as Buffum?
Notice that Bill Price book has virtually nothing on the US rally
efforts despite Buffum's success. Was the US Triumph rally effort coordinated
by someone in NA ?
Who coordinated the US Triumph NA rally effort?
Thanks in advance
Cary
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