The first right hand drive TR2 with Comm. No. TS2 has been restored by the
TR Register in UK. They put spats on it and they bulge out about an inch to
clear the wheel. If you check copies of Triumph World, you can see them.
They are not flat flush with the fenders as on the Jag XK 120. The Jag
spats would be areodynamically better than those on a sidescreen TR. The
Jag can't wear them when the owner switches to wire wheels.
Don Elliott, 1958 TR3A, Montreal
----- Original Message -----
From: <BillDentin@aol.com>
To: <billsohl@mindspring.com>; <EISANDIEGO@aol.com>
Cc: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: Any FOT "Manufacturers" of "Spats" for Triumph Rally TR7V8 ?
> In a message dated 01/01/2003 11:00:58 AM Central Standard Time,
> billsohl@mindspring.com writes:
>
>
> > That's my recolllection too...and the availability of "spats" on the
> > TR was for a very limited time with the TR-2. Several original
> > sets have been around on restored cars and I believe someone
> > actually may have reproduced a set or two at some point. They are
> > pretty scarce items and I'd find them unusual as an item used on
> > a competition car.
> >
>
> The JABBEKE TR2 wore them, along with the under belly sheet metal offered
> early on. In the early 1980s I was looking for a pair for OLE BLUE, just
to
> mimic the JABBEKE car, but they really would not work well with even a 5
1/2"
> wheel.
>
> Bill Dentinger
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