[Fot] Information request on old GT6 race car

[Bob Bownes -Seiri]

If you find a logbook number stamped on the rollbar, that might help solve the
mystery.

> On Feb 11, 2014, at 18:23, Jamie Palmer <tr6driver at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Two requests for pictures already :-)  I'm not at his house right now, I'll
> get him to send me some.  No logbook, and any evidence of tech stickers has
> been removed by a previous owner's early attempts to "restore" the car.
:-(
> I will post pictures to photobucket once I have them.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jamie
>> ________________________________
>> From: "jason at multivintage.com"
> <jason at multivintage.com>
>> To: Jamie Palmer <tr6driver at yahoo.com>;
> "fot at autox.team.net" <fot at autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014
> 6:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] Information request on old GT6 race car
>>
>>
>> Wherever it came from, a log book would be very nice, beyond that, much
will
> be heresay.
>> The fact that you say the roll cage looks good is a good sign,
>> As well as much of the other stuff you mentioned sounds interesting
>> Except
> the lights as you allude.
>> A picture posted somewhere would tell volumes.
>> Jason Ostrowski
>> Friendly Ghost Racing
>> Triumph GT6+ racecars
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>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jamie Palmer
> <tr6driver at yahoo.com>
>> Sender: fot-bounces at autox.team.netDate: Tue, 11 Feb
> 2014 15:01:39
>> To: fot at autox.team.net<fot at autox.team.net>
>> Reply-To: Jamie
> Palmer <tr6driver at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: [Fot] Information request on old GT6
> race car
>>
>> Hi, folks--
>>
>> I'm usually a lurker on this list, especially
> lately as our TR6
>> ChumpCar hasn't had any outings recently.  But a friend of
> mine has purchased
>> an old GT6 racecar that I'm hoping someone out there can
> help us identify.
>> The car is a 1970 GT6+.  Here's what we know for sure:
>>
>> Commission number
>> KC80097L
>> Was originally maroon (Damson?)
>> Came to my
> friend with American
>> Racing "Silverstones", triple webers w/braided stainless
> lines for everything,
>> fuel cell, period (read '70's) racing seat and wheel,
> overdrive tranny,
>> stainless brake lines, oversized front anti-roll bar and a
> really nice rear
>> anti-roll bar.
>> Fiberglass bonnet
>> Car was modified to
> have what look like
>> '70's Ford tailights (don't ask us why) horizontally
> across the back at some
>> point in time.
>> Roll bar appears to be
> professionally constructed, car in
>> general is very "sanitary".
>> Old Koni
> shocks
>> Odometer shows less than 7k miles
>> Here's what we've heard, i.e. the
> rest is totally hearsay:
>> The car was bought
>> for racing use only and never
> titled
>> The car was raced in California
>> At some
>> point in time, probably in
> the last 10 years, the car was taken to Lanky
>> Foushee...don't know more than
> that other than that the car has supposedly
>> been in North Carolina for the
> past 10 years or so.
>>
>> My friend is not
>> expecting this to be a "historically
> significant" car, but it would be nice to
>> know how to restore it.
>>
>> Does
> this ring a bell for anyone?  Feel free to reply
>> off-list.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jamie Palmer
>> Raleigh, NC
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