Shane,
Looks like he may have used the end bars for the rear bumpers and cut
the tapered ends to fit. The car looks very masculine and aggressive,
but I'm not sure I like the "wipers across the windshield" look.
Jim Davis
Fortson, GA
CF38690UO
CF37325U
ingate@horizon.com wrote:
>
> All,
>
> Some of you will recognize me for my lust for hot-rodded
> TRs; not the Barris et al approach to modifying American
> cars, but the race-track look favoured by our European cousins.
>
> I found an interesting picture of such a TR6 (see the
> pic at www.geocities.com/hottr6/triumph/images/eurotr6.jpg).
> The headlights with a slight touch of hepatitis give it away
> as being European, but what picqued my interest was the use
> of Lucas dome lamps for the running and indicator lights.
>
> Looking further we see that the front bumper has also been
> completely altered, having been cut into rwo corner bumpers,
> echoing the scimitar bumpers on the early E-types and DeTomaso
> Panteras. Has anyone ever tried this kind of modification?
> It looks like he may have started out with a 1974 bumper,
> cut it along the line left by the rubber bumpers, but how he
> finished off the end caps is beyond me. Any ideas folks?
>
> The car has obviously been lowered and appears to have a very
> pale-coloured upholstery, indicating that this is one man's
> interpretation of his favoured steed.
>
> I like this car!
>
> Shane Ingate
> Melbourne, FL
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