I'm not sure I'm a TR6 guy, Triumph guy or all around British car guy, but I
do own a TR6, so I'll second the nomination. Good to have some more 6
owners around, eh?
Charly
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
To: "Chuck Arnold" <chuck.arnold@oracle.com>; "FOT" <fot@Autox.Team.Net>;
"jeff durant" <Jeff_Durant@amat.com>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 11:22 AM
Subject: RE: Nomination
> Not being a TR6 guy, I thought it might make sense for one of them to
> second. But Jeff sounds like a natural born FOT member. Now if he can just
> tolerate the rigorous rules and bureaucratic top heaviness of this august
> organization (NOT!) he should fit right in. So I second.
>
>
> Bill Babcock
> Babcock & Jenkins
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-fot@Autox.Team.Net] On Behalf
> Of Chuck Arnold
> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 1:18 PM
> To: FOT; jeff durant
> Subject: Nomination
>
> I would like to nominate Jeff Durant fro membership in our august group.
He
> contacted me after I bought the TR250 race car last week to inquire about
> possibly buying the wheels. We worked out a deal wherein he will supply
me
> with an engine and radiator so I can return the TR6 back to a street car
and
> I will give him the wheels.
>
> He then explained he had done "some" racing in a TR6 in Phoenix area [not
> sure how long ago] and that he had a pretty interesting car himself.
Below
> is a quote. Anybody with this stuff belongs in this group.
>
> "My car is a '69 TR6 purchased from Paul Volmer in Riverside. He and Lee
> Mueller used to run it down south. Kastner thinks it may be number
> 7 that was wrecked and purchased by Mueller from Kas (factory). Lee later
> ran it as number 12, painted light blue. Kastner also ran number
> 8 later as number 12 when it was the Kastner/Brophy car I'm told. A bit
> confusing with 2 #12 TR6's! But that's what Kas told me.
>
> My 6 has a couple of the 1.88 first gear CR gearboxes that Kastner had
built
> up. I've since built up another CR box based on the Stag cluster and
> Dolomite CR gears. It has a 2.14 first. I also run a Detroit Locker rear
> (3.7, 4.1 and 4.3 ratios), Datsun outer rear hubs, standard front and rear
> suspension components with Delrin bushes, very stiff springs and bars,
> Koni's up front and uprated box shocks in the rear.
> I can run weber's, SU's, Strombergs or PI. To be honest, the Strombergs
> have worked best with great "bottom end" grunt. I've several Kastner
cams,
> S-4, S-5 and S-9. All work well. Danny Crower made up a couple of
special
> ones per my spec. Those I now prefer. Everyone has their own taste in
cams
> and rev ranges. "
>
>
> Thanks and I look for a second!
>
> Chuck
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