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Re: Trivia and rear seal

To: Scott Kohl <sdkgt6@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Trivia and rear seal
From: Zink <zink@pdq.net>
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 23:43:19 -0600
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <19971204060412.27474.qmail@hotmail.com>
Scott Kohl wrote:
> 
> Holiday-ish Greetings to all!  Since this is the festive season, let's
> try three trivia questions.  The first two should be easy for the
> average Triumph anorak (like me), the third is the poser.
> 
> 1)From where did the Triumph Herald get its name?
> 
> 2)Every model had a code name given to it, other than its marque name,
> before its announcement to the public.  The TR4 was "Zoom", or was it
> "Zest"?  The Spitfire was "bomb" (ahem). Anyway, more than once, Chief
> Engineer Harry Webster wanted the code name to be the models
> "official"
> name.  He only succeeded with one model.  What model was it?
> 
> 3)What does the triumph "shield" or "book" really represent? (it is
> NOT
> a book or shield.)
> 
> I would expect that the Brits lurking about will know  #1 and #2
> straight away.  But #3 is pretty obscure.
> 
> I had to fiddle with the scroll seal on a Mk.2 Spit I had once.  The
> spiral is in the housing, and the crank has several equidistant square
> grooves, so the later lip seal doesn't work.  Could you fit one of
> those
> repair sleeves designed for the front pulley sealing surface to the
> back
> of the crank to be able to use the later seal?  Just a thought.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Scott Kohl
> 
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Shoot, I always assumed it was an early model radiator shell?

Larry

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