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Unusual TR4 hood ornament

To: Triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Unusual TR4 hood ornament
From: Rikrock@aol.com
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 22:03:33 EDT
Listers,

Last night, a buddy I hadn't seen in a while was showing me some pictures he
took this past Easter weekend.  He spent that weekend on the Outer Banks of
North Carolina.

Typical stuff, except for one picture--a white TR4 with a set of longhorns
mounted right up there on the front of the hood where the Triumph emblem
belongs.  I'm not talking about airhorns here.  I'm talking taxidermy!  These
things, tip to tip, were almost as wide as the hood!  They would look right at
home on a '75 Caddie Eldo in Texas, but, I don't know, on the TR, they seemed
somewhat out of proportion, if nothing else.

I asked my friend for some background on the car.  All he could tell me was
that it was parked in Manteo, had North Carolina plates, he did not talk to
anyone about the car, and that the horns were really part of the car--they
were bolted to the hood.  Basically, he saw the car, stopped to take a quick
picture, and left the scene.

Anyone out there know anything about this car?  Anyone thinking of doing the
same thing?  

Rich Rock
64 TR4...no horns
65 TR4A-IRS..same as above
67 TR4A...parts for sale
70 TVR VIXEN...maybe a foxtail??

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