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I kind of like the concept, they just stopped a little short. Picture the same
car with some box flairs covering the tires, some panasports instead of those
wheels on there currently, and turbo 4 or 6 cylinder.......
Amici...
My instructor at the first Driver's School I ever attended was a guy named Hal
Ulrich. He was an ex-SCCA National Champion, and in fact had to be one of the
first ever, because he raced in all of those early USA sports car races through
the streets of Elkhart Lake and Watkins Glen. He was a hired hot shoe, who
drove for 'gentleman' sports car owners. He was a great guy, but I drove him
crazy because I couldn't double clutch during the sessions, and I was wearing
out the synchros. He and his brother Bill ran a 'speed shop' that, back in the
day, catered to Chicago's 'Gold Coast' (Lake Forest, etc.) folks. His life
time experiences were full of exotic cars like Aston Martin, Bugatti,
Excaliber, Ferrari, etc., but he had a special place in his heart for Triumphs
(especially the TR2 and TR3). He told me that in the mid to late 1950s they
put tons of Chevy V8 engines in TR2s and TR3s. He said they must have done
forty or fifty of them.
Hal is dead now, and I am not sure about Bill. But these were two extremely
interesting guys. When they started telling tales, you would end up spell
bound. Bill's lifetime quest was the process of developing his own
'Bugatti-like' engine. Not sure if it ever became a physical reality, but I
know there was a bunch of people interested in it, and being involved
financially. One story Hal told me was about the time one of his customers
bought one of the three Bugatti Royales. Hal flew out to New Jersey to pick it
up, and then drove it back to Chicago. He said mechanically it made the trip
with no problem whatsoever, except that it was the dead of winter, and the car
had no heater (at least no working heater). Those three Royales are now,
arguably, the most valuable collector cars in the world.
I am rambling, but my point was that even back in the late 1950s lots of people
were modifying TR3s. That's my point, my position is, "Shame on them!"
Bill Dentinger
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d to be one of the first ever, because he raced in all of those early =
USA sports car races through the streets of Elkhart Lake and Watkins Glen.&=
nbsp; He was a hired hot shoe, who drove for 'gentleman' sports car owners.=
He was a great guy, but I drove him crazy because I couldn't double =
clutch during the sessions, and I was wearing out the synchros. He an=
d his brother Bill ran a 'speed shop' that, back in the day, catered to Chi=
cago's 'Gold Coast' (Lake Forest, etc.) folks. His life time experien=
ces were full of exotic cars like Aston Martin, Bugatti, Excaliber, Fe=
rrari, etc., but he had a special place in his heart for Triumphs (esp=
ecially the TR2 and TR3). He told me that in the mid to late 1950s th=
ey put tons of Chevy V8 engines in TR2s and TR3s. He said they must h=
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end up spell bound. Bill's lifetime quest was the process o=
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e a physical reality, but I know there was a bunch of people intereste=
d in it, and being involved financially. One story Hal told=
me was about the time one of his customers bought one of the three Bugatti=
Royales. Hal flew out to New Jersey to pick it up, and then drove it=
back to Chicago. He said mechanically it made the trip with no =
problem whatsoever, except that it was the dead of winter, and the car had =
no heater (at least no working heater). Those three Royales=
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