Where were the TR8's fitted with air conditioning??
Ed Woods
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From: jonmac <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
To: Bud_Rolofson@nps.gov <Bud_Rolofson@nps.gov>
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, July 02, 1998 7:12 PM
Subject: The plunge never felt better
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>Bud
>As far as I can recall, Triumph never offered AC on a TR6 (or anything else
>really) as factory fit. I only once experienced AC fitted to a Herald
>(which isn't quite the same anyway) but with the system operating I was
>overtaken by a number of lawn mowers on tick-over!
>As my memory serves me, the sheer power needed to run the system was so
>energy sapping that it was an embarrasment. Triumph's view WITHIN the
>company was until a British manufacturer could come up with an AC system
>whch was as good as those made in Japan in terms of minimal power loss,
>they were better of without it.
>It's possible however, that systems were available thru STI at Leonia as a
>US dealer fit but I don't think they applied to any of the sports cars. The
>Herald I drove had an American system fitted and the compressor was almost
>as large as the engine!
>
>John Macartney
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