Actually, gentlemen, the TR4 was just a TR3 with a TR4 body. And the TR 250
was just a 6 cylinder TR4 or was it, after all, a 6 cylinder TR3... And if
those Zeniths on the TR3B are original, I'll eat them...
Fog One
----- Original Message -----
From: "J.H. Roulleaux" <Jean.Rouleaux@skynet.be>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: TR3B with 'wrong' (TR4) engine
>
> Date sent: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 07:48:12 -0800
> To: "Don Sforza" <dsforza@megahits.com>,
> "Triumph List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>,
> "Sherman D. Taffel" <staffel@home.com>
> From: Bill & Skip Pugh <anabil@caltel.com>
> Subject: Re: TR3B with 'wrong' (TR4) engine
> Send reply to: Bill & Skip Pugh <anabil@caltel.com>
>
>
> Actually I had quite an education on the TR3B at the Palo Alto meet
> (over 100 Triumphs + a few other LBCs <g>) the owner of one
> particularly nice one explained to me that the TR3B was essentially
> an TR4 with the TR3 body, it had a 2.2 Liter engine(to satisfy the US
> need for speed/power), TR4 tranny, and most of the TR4 undercarriage,
> so the emissions looking engine might, just might be original...
> Never underestimate Triumph for kludging together cars from left over
parts <G>
> --
> Bill Pugh
> aka Wily
> 1957 TR-3
> aka Casper
> TS16765L
>
>
> Bill do you really mean what you say or is it just a practical joke !!!!!
> Jean
> TRing since 1963
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