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Re: [Fot] Group 44 GT6

To: andre@gt6.ca
Subject: Re: [Fot] Group 44 GT6
From: GRMTim@aol.com
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:27:38 EDT
Other than a few dent, probably from off course excursions, the floors and
sills are perfect. There is 100% no rust in this car.

Tim Suddard
Publisher; Classic Motorsports
and Grassroots Motorsports magazines
www.classicmotorsports.net
www.grassrootsmotorsports.com
Phone: (386) 673-4148 Fax: (386) 673-6040


In a message dated 8/9/08 10:13:49 PM, andre@gt6.ca writes:


> The Dance of Triumph....
>
> hehe
>
> About time, let me guess.
> Floors, sills and what not?
>
> I can't wait too see more detailed photos of the beast.
>
> A.
>
> --
> Andre Rousseau - andre@gt6.ca
> '68 Triumph GT6 MK1 - http://www.gt6.ca/
> Ottawa, ON, Canada
>
> On 9-Aug-08, at 6:24 PM, GRMTim@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Gary Hunter and   I tore into the Group 44 GT6 this week. We have 
> > the car
> > nearly stripped down and are discovering both good and bad. We also 
> > picked up a
> > 1969 GT6 parts car. Looks like we are going to have to find a couple 
> > of doors,
> > as the parts car doors are rusty and the original car had its doors 
> > gutted in
> > later life. It is clear from photos that we need to put all the 
> > glass back in
> > the doors, as that is the way they ran it in 1969. Hate to put glass 
> > back into
> > a car... maybe we willl leave the driver's window out.
> >
> > I am still lookig for more info and photos (especially a decent 
> > interior and
> > underhood shot) of this car. We will have web updates on our site 
> > pretty
> > regularly starting next week and are shooting to have the car done 
> > for Amelia
> > Island, as we have been invited to the Group 44 reunion.
> >
> > Did some research on the race history of this car. Wow, during both 
> > the 69
> > and 70 seasons it won almost everytime they took it off the trailer. 
> > Looks like
> > Bob Tullius, Carl Swanson, Brian Fuerstenau and Mike Downs all drove 
> > the car.
> > According to factory newsletters, one of the few time it lost, was 
> > to some guy
> > named Bob Sharp in a 240Z. Its been real fun to reserach this 
> > history. I
> > still need to find the June and Nov. 1970 TSOA newsletters. 
> > The .pdfs I found at
> > Temple of Triumph were linked to the wrong files for these two months.
> >
> > Has anyone ever put a whole list of Group 44 cars together and does 
> > anyone
> > know where they all are today?
> >
> > See most of you soon at Watkins Glen.
> >
> > Tim Suddard
> > Publisher; Classic Motorsports
> > and Grassroots Motorsports magazines
> > www.classicmotorsports.net
> > www.grassrootsmotorsports.com
> > Phone: (386) 673-4148 Fax: (386) 673-6040
> >
>
>
>







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