I was trying to be humorous by saying the TR8 was Triumph's "last gasp" as
opposed to the TR7. Do you remember their slogan? "The shape of things to
come". ? If they released a TR8 convertible right off the bat they would have
had better success with the car. instead of the 4 banger hardtop. Not many
Triumph owners related to it.
-----Original Message-----
From Charles Christ <cfchrist at earthlink.net>
Sent: Dec 3, 2004 12:40 PM
To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net, Gus <mother-ship@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: 63 Spitfire
ummm, err, TR7 & TR8 same exterior wedge shaped piece of *expletive* car.
i worked on early cylinder head R&D on the first TR8 in the US that was to
be a road race car. although it was more fun with the 8 in it it still was
no barell of monkeys!
chuck.
> [Original Message]
> From: Gus <mother-ship@earthlink.net>
> To: <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
> Date: 12/03/2004 2:09:16 PM
> Subject: Re: 63 Spitfire
>
> No, that was the TR8
Gus aka "the firefly"
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