Yes to the two speed wipers on the GT6+.
Ken Shapiro
1970 GT6+
KC81872L
Baltimore, Maryland
----- Original Message -----
From: John Macartney <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
To: Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 2:45 PM
Subject: GT6 / GT6+
>
> Key differences:
>
> - Mk 1 had swing axle at rear end
> - Bitty instrument panel
> - Lower compression head
> - Two white reversing lights
> - No louvres to front wings or rear quarter panels.
>
> - Mk 2 / GT6+ had much improved rear end which (IMHO) was better than
> the revised swing spring on the Mk 3.
> - Uplifted front bumper in line with Mk 3 Spitfire.
> - Side louvres to front wings and rear quarters.
> - 104BHP engine on non-US spec cars and 95 on the de-toxed version -
> and it showed.
> - Two speed wipers (I think) instead of fast single speed?
> - Reversing lights reverted to single plinth mounted unit over rear
> number plate.
> - Much more comfortable seats without headrests on Mk 2, headrests on
> +.
> - Much imporved instrument panel layout and switchgear.
> - An 'improved' gear selector mechanism that was far more troublesome
> on the Mk2/+/Vitesse Mk2 than on the Mk1.
> - Rattly Rostyle wheel covers that were best thrown over the nearest
> hedge and replaced with Herald/Vitesse hub caps.
> - GT6+ had a magnetic fuel cap while the Mk2 retained the TR version.
> - Steering wheels on + varied according to the build year as did the
> amount of de-toxing which progressively sapped engine power through
> the addition of sealed Strombergs on +, adjustable 'polluters' on Mk
> 2.
> - Option for Mk2's to have a 3.27 or 3.89 diff with additional
> overdrive instead of either a straight 3.27 diff without overdrive or
> a 3.89 diff with overdrive on GT6+.
> - Restrictions on paint colour range for + not for Mk 2.
> - Option for rear seat on Mk2/+ that seated a headless legless dwarf
> in reasonable comfort. Sufficient residual space on rear luggage deck
> for not a lot.
> - 'Eared' knock-on wheel spinners for wire wheeled cars Mk 2,
> octagonal earless spinners for GT6+.
> - Factory fit stock slimline white walls - either Dunlop SP68 or
> Goodyear G(800?)
> - Factory fit driver's door mirror, not on Mk 2
>
> Jonmac
|