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I stuck a Toyota 2TG motor into my first TR3, which later became my =
total cheater TR3 with a more original drivetrain stuck back in. the =
Triyota was a pleasure to drive, and had the added advantage of always =
getting me back home, and never scattering bits of the gearbox =
everywhere. Five speed gearbox was pretty cool too, but former owners of =
=E2=80=9Creal=E2=80=9D Triumph (none of whom had a Triumph anymore) =
would puke when I opened the hood.=20
Yes, I=E2=80=99m back. I thought all you guys had disappeared, but it =
turned out it was me. A little email problem.=20
I don=E2=80=99t remember if I showed you folks my new shop. This is a =
website I=E2=80=99m building=E2=80=94very slowly. Spending too much time =
in the water.
http://www.ponostyle.com/garage-porn/ =
<http://www.ponostyle.com/garage-porn/>
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> On Mar 6, 2015, at 6:20 AM, Bill Dentinger via Fot =
<fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
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> I kind of like the concept, they just stopped a little short. Picture =
the same car with some box flairs covering the tires, some panasports =
instead of those wheels on there currently, and turbo 4 or 6 =
cylinder.......
> =20
> =20
> =20
> Amici...
> =20
> My instructor at the first Driver's School I ever attended was a guy =
named Hal Ulrich. He was an ex-SCCA National Champion, and in fact had =
to be one of the first ever, because he raced in all of those early USA =
sports car races through the streets of Elkhart Lake and Watkins Glen. =
He was a hired hot shoe, who drove for 'gentleman' sports car owners. =
He was a great guy, but I drove him crazy because I couldn't double =
clutch during the sessions, and I was wearing out the synchros. He and =
his brother Bill ran a 'speed shop' that, back in the day, catered to =
Chicago's 'Gold Coast' (Lake Forest, etc.) folks. His life time =
experiences were full of exotic cars like Aston Martin, Bugatti, =
Excaliber, Ferrari, etc., but he had a special place in his heart for =
Triumphs (especially the TR2 and TR3). He told me that in the mid to =
late 1950s they put tons of Chevy V8 engines in TR2s and TR3s. He said =
they must have done forty or fifty of them.
> =20
> Hal is dead now, and I am not sure about Bill. But these were two =
extremely interesting guys. When they started telling tales, you would =
end up spell bound. Bill's lifetime quest was the process of developing =
his own 'Bugatti-like' engine. Not sure if it ever became a physical =
reality, but I know there was a bunch of people interested in it, and =
being involved financially. One story Hal told me was about the time =
one of his customers bought one of the three Bugatti Royales. Hal flew =
out to New Jersey to pick it up, and then drove it back to Chicago. He =
said mechanically it made the trip with no problem whatsoever, except =
that it was the dead of winter, and the car had no heater (at least no =
working heater). Those three Royales are now, arguably, the most =
valuable collector cars in the world.
> =20
> I am rambling, but my point was that even back in the late 1950s lots =
of people were modifying TR3s. That's my point, my position is, "Shame =
on them!"
> =20
> Bill Dentinger
> =20
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class=3D"">I stuck a Toyota 2TG motor into my first TR3, which later =
became my total cheater TR3 with a more original drivetrain stuck back =
in. the Triyota was a pleasure to drive, and had the added advantage of =
always getting me back home, and never scattering bits of the gearbox =
everywhere. Five speed gearbox was pretty cool too, but former owners of =
=E2=80=9Creal=E2=80=9D Triumph (none of whom had a Triumph anymore) =
would puke when I opened the hood. <div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Yes, I=E2=80=99m back. I thought all =
you guys had disappeared, but it turned out it was me. A little email =
problem. </div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I=
don=E2=80=99t remember if I showed you folks my new shop. This is a =
website I=E2=80=99m building=E2=80=94very slowly. Spending too much time =
in the water.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><a=
href=3D"http://www.ponostyle.com/garage-porn/"; =
class=3D"">http://www.ponostyle.com/garage-porn/</a></div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D""> <br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" =
class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Mar 6, 2015, at 6:20 AM, Bill Dentinger =
via Fot <<a href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; =
class=3D"">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><font size=3D"2" =
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style=3D"background-color: transparent;" class=3D""></font></div>
<div style=3D"font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;" =
class=3D""><blockquote style=3D"padding-left: 3px; border-left-color: =
blue; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid;" class=3D"">I =
kind of like the concept, they just stopped a little short. =
Picture the same car with some box flairs covering the tires, some =
panasports instead of those wheels on there currently, and turbo 4 =
or 6 cylinder.......
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<div class=3D""> </div>
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<div style=3D"font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;" =
class=3D"">Amici...</div>
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class=3D""> </div>
<div style=3D"font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;" =
class=3D"">My instructor at the first Driver's School I ever =
attended was a guy named Hal Ulrich. He was an ex-SCCA National =
Champion, and in fact had to be one of the first ever, because he =
raced in all of those early USA sports car races through the streets of =
Elkhart Lake and Watkins Glen. He was a hired hot shoe, who drove =
for 'gentleman' sports car owners. He was a great guy, but I drove =
him crazy because I couldn't double clutch during the sessions, and I =
was wearing out the synchros. He and his brother Bill ran a 'speed =
shop' that, back in the day, catered to Chicago's 'Gold Coast' (Lake =
Forest, etc.) folks. His life time experiences were full of exotic =
cars like Aston Martin, Bugatti, Excaliber, Ferrari, etc., but he =
had a special place in his heart for Triumphs (especially the TR2 =
and TR3). He told me that in the mid to late 1950s they put tons =
of Chevy V8 engines in TR2s and TR3s. He said they must have done =
forty or fifty of them.</div>
<div style=3D"font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;" =
class=3D""> </div>
<div style=3D"font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;" =
class=3D"">Hal is dead now, and I am not sure about Bill. But =
these were two extremely interesting guys. When they started =
telling tales, you would end up spell bound. Bill's lifetime =
quest was the process of developing his own 'Bugatti-like' =
engine. Not sure if it ever became a physical reality, but I =
know there was a bunch of people interested in it, and being involved =
financially. One story Hal told me was about the time =
one of his customers bought one of the three Bugatti Royales. Hal =
flew out to New Jersey to pick it up, and then drove it back to =
Chicago. He said mechanically it made the trip with =
no problem whatsoever, except that it was the dead of winter, and =
the car had no heater (at least no working heater). =
Those three Royales are now, arguably, the most valuable collector =
cars in the world.</div>
<div style=3D"font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;" =
class=3D""> </div>
<div style=3D"font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;" =
class=3D"">I am rambling, but my point was that even back in the late =
1950s lots of people were modifying TR3s. That's my point, my =
position is, "Shame on them!"</div>
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class=3D""> </div>
<div style=3D"font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;" =
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