Joe Curry wrote:
According to the "Encyclopedia of Classic Cars", it was a copy of the TR3
chassis. It
doesn't say that they ever actually used the real thing. The Triumph Connection
is the
Edward Turner who designed the Dart's V8 engine. He previously designed Triumph
Motorcycle engines.
Joe - with respect, some confusion might arise here in the minds of some. If
your
implication is a possible link of Turner-Triumph motorcycles-TR3-Daimler 250
engine, I
feel this might be fairly tenuous. It depends when Edward Turner worked for
Triumph
motorcycles before getting involved with Daimler. If it was post WW2, the
motorcycle
operation was as divorced from Standard Triumph and TR3's as IBM is from
McDonalds
burgers. As you probably know, the Triumph motorcycle/cycle side of the company
broke away
from the original host before WW2. If Turner never worked for STI post WW2 or
had anything
to do with the TR3, it would not be reasonable to claim or imply he might have
had a link
into the Triumph cars of that period - would it?
Jonmac
Current Book: IN THE SHADOW OF MY FATHER
http://www.toolbox.ndirect.co.uk/triumphbook
New Book: THE CROCUS AND A CORNFLOWER http://www.toolbox.ndirect.co.uk/crocus
The SLOW progress with 'Canley Girl': http://www.toolbox.ndirect.co.uk/
Triumph Charity Run in 2000 (in UK): http://www.toolbox.ndirect.co.uk/stories/
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