[Fot] 1953 TR 1 Prototype

[Bill]

TR1 was a one off concept car used as the 1952 Earls Court, England, Show 
Car and was revised after the show to have a trunk and became a TR2 
Prototype, one of Ken Richardson's test cars. April Fools!

Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Alexander" <n197tr4 at cs.com>
To: <duncan.charlton54 at gmail.com>
Cc: <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] !953 TR 1 Prototype


>I have not checked the history, but I suspect a hoax of some kind.
>
> I don't think any prototypes survived.
>
> Someone on the list will likely know.....
>
> A hoax on an Italia surfaced in the 90s.
>
> That was interesting.
>
> Joe Alexander
> A. R. E.
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>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54 at gmail.com>
> To: Rich Rock <rikrock at live.com>
> Cc: fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tue, Apr 2, 2013 8:01 pm
> Subject: Re: [Fot] !953 TR 1 Prototype
>
>
> I'm not sure it would be a good buy unless for a museum.  Didn't 
> contemporary
> reports point out that the TR1 handled very poorly?
>
> Duncan Charlton
> 1952 Morgan Plus 4
> #6 red
>
>
> On Apr 2, 2013, at 7:14 PM, Rich Rock wrote:
>
>> Listing has been removed.  April fools or the real deal??
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