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Re: Weird TR-based special

To: british-cars@autox.team.net, whs70@dancer.cc.bellcore.com
Subject: Re: Weird TR-based special
From: lye@elegans.wustl.edu (John Lye)
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 92 11:53:49 CDT
Well, in case anyone's wondering about the strange TR-3 based fiberglass
special that was mentioned here on the list, I have some news: the
car has been identified.  Some of what the owner told me is clearly
wrong, however the pictures he sent allowed me to identify the car.  
Anyway, I had a copy of Thoroughbred and Classic Cars on my desk 
here at work to xerox an article for Roger Garnett about the
Peerless he just bought.  I so happens that same issue had an article
about a gathering of 50's specials based on the Ford Popular chassis.
They had a picture of the concours winner, a Rochdale GT - guess what,
the TR-based car is wearing a Rochdale GT body.  The owner had told me 
that there were onlye 7 of these bodies made before a fire destroyed
the mold, however, my research into the Rochdale GT suggests that
some 150 were made.  There are some other discrepancies in the story,
but I think I'll spend some time negotiating on the car (both with
the owner and the one who holds veto power over new car projects).

cheers,
John


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