[Healeys] tri power for sale

[i erbs]

Yes. First i heard of it. Applied it to Healey with three carbs

Ira Erbs
Portland, OR
typos and artifacts are the fault of my phone

On Tue, Dec 18, 2018, 3:52 PM Patrick & Caroline Quinn <p_cquinn at tpg.com.au
wrote:

> Hello
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> Where did the term ‘tri-power’ come from? Wasn’t it a term used by Pontiac
> when they fitted triple twin-barrel carburettors to their V8s during the
> 1950s and ‘60s?
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> Generally the colloquial term for the 3000 Mk2 Roadster is ‘tri-carb’
> which available in either 2+2 (BT7) or 2 seater (BN7) configuration.
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> Now highly desirable, there were few Mk2 Roadsters built. Namely:-
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> BT7 LHD Side-shift                  2,949
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> BT7 RHD Side-shift                  206
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> BN7 LHD Side-shift                 187
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> BN7 RHD Side-shift                 27
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> BT7 LHD Centre-shift              1,834
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> BT7 RHD Centre-shift              98
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> BN7 LHD Centre-shift              129
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> BN7 RHD Centre-shift              12
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> I don’t know where the figure of 50 comes from but the above figures are
> from Clausager’s book and they are repeated in the Anderson/Moment book.
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> Interestingly of the 12 RHD BN7s built with the centre-shift gearbox, five
> went to the Competitions Department and became rally cars. There are two
> original RHD BN7s with centre-shift gearboxes in Australia. Also
> interesting is that the end of the Mk2 Roadster production overlapped with
> the beginning of the Mk2 Convertible production so both were being made at
> the same time and were also available at the same time from the showroom.
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> Hoo Roo
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> Patrick Quinn
>
> Blue Mountains, Australia
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> *From:* Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of *Bruce
> Steele
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 19 December 2018 2:31 AM
> *To:* simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com; 'i erbs'
> *Cc:* 'Healeys'
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] tri power for sale
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> Indeed a rare and desirable car, but a quick review of the photos shows it
> is not so “original” as claimed; I can find a number of things that are not
> correct.
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> Bruce Steele
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> Brea, CA
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> 1960 BN7
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> *From:* Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of *
> simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com
> *Sent:* Monday, December 17, 2018 11:40 AM
> *To:* 'i erbs' <eyera3000 at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] tri power for sale
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> I think they’re saying “only 50 MkII B*N*7s”. Rather more than 50 centre
> shift MkII B*T*7s, of which I have one.
>
> Simon
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> *From:* Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net
> <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net>] *On Behalf Of *i erbs
> *Sent:* 17 December 2018 18:11
> *To:* Ahealey help <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* [Healeys] tri power for sale
>
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> https://tinyurl.com/y8qss5ld  were there really only 50 center shift tri
> powers made?
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> Ira Erbs
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> Portland,OR
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>       _______                                  _______
>      (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
>          (_________________________)
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>           BT7 engine and disk brakes
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> 1967 MGB  [image: MG]
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> A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti
>
> Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words
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