Bill do you remember seeing a red TR3 at Blackhawk maybe years ago that had
been widened about 6 inched and had a great big V8 transplanted into it?
On Nov 22, 2011, at 9:30 AM, billdentin@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 11/21/2011 6:09:55 PM Central Standard Time,
> alfetta95@optonline.net writes:
>
>
>> Thought this might be of interest to this fine group!
>>
>
> My driving instructor at my first racing school was a guy named Hal
> Ullrich. He was an ex-National Champion from the early mid 1950s. I drove
him
> crazy because I rode the synchros when down shifting. He and his brother
Bill
> owned and ran a 'Speed Shop' just north of Chicago. They were heavily into
> racing, but also catered to serious collectors. While they took care of
> some pretty exotic stuff, Hal told me that they handled lots of TR3s in
those
> early days as well. Their customers had big name marques for the track, and
> downstairs marques like TRIUMPH as daily drivers. He said they put lots and
> lots of Chevy V8 engines in TRIUMPH TR3s. It was the rage on Chicago's
> Gold Coast in those days. That surprised me and I asked, "Where are they?
How
> come they never surface for sale these days?" Hal said, "Most of them got
> wrapped around a tree."
>
> Bill Dentinger
>
> PS The Ullrich brothers were bachelors, who lived and worked together all
> of their lives. Hal passed away 10-12 years ago. I think Bill is still
> alive. He spent decades working on the development of an 'Ullrich' racing
engin
> e. As far as I know, it never was finished, but whenever you ran into
> Bill, the traditional opening line was, "Bill...how's your engine coming?"
.
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