I think what was being pointed out Re: TR-7, shape of
things to come was: X1/9, Fiero, MR2, loads of things
with prancing horses on 'em...
My fiancee is 19. She thinks my cars are cool, loves the
Bugeye, agrees with my desire for an E-type, but the
TR-7 is the only one that looks "modern" to her eye.
It's strange how all you gotta do to stop the in-marque
bickering (TC vs A vs B) is say TR-7. Then everyone
jumps on BLs "wonder" wedges case. As car enthusiests,
we have to stick together (witness California SB46!).
The claimed problems with the TR-7. Oooh, they rust. And
MGs don't? My TR-7 survived the rain soaked days of
Arkansas far better than anything I've got from
Abingdon. The heads fail? Try getting more HP out
a B-series engine and you can practically hear
the head cracking. The gearboxes were weak? And
that wonder in the A-series Midget was the best
thing to ever grace a sports car (not!). A lot
of those old sports cars had a lot of problems.
There are ways to fix 'em on a TR-7 as well
as an MG. Of course the '8 was a better car, but
then the thing was designed for that engine.
If more '8s had been built, or the standard
TR-7 had the sprint engine, I think things
might have been different.
As far as I'm concerned, it's just another
sports car. A fun machine to be fixed, driven
hard until it breaks, and then fixed again.
-Keith Wheeler
Team Sanctuary
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