> Alternators vs Generators?
> When did Triumph start putting them in?
According to Bill Piggott, alternators were optional on the TR4A. By 1968
(TR5/250) they were standard equipment. So, as someone already suggested,
Triumph would also have used an alternator, if they had been available and
economical.
I wonder what the relative numbers are, of Triumph-badged cars originally
fitted with alternators vs dynamos ? The name only lasted for 15 years or
so after the advent of the alternator, yet I believe the production rate was
far higher then than in the early years ...
> I imagine converting to an alternator in 68 would have been a
> good bit more
> controversial than it is today.
On the contrary, back then they were just fun old cars. No one worried
about being 'correct' or 'less of a Triumph', only 'keeping them on the
road'. I converted my 59 TR3A in 1974 and as I recall, everyone thought it
was a great idea except the dealer who had been selling me rebuilt
generators !
Randall
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