Well, my 67 E Type cost $3100 in 1970 with 19,000 miles on the odo; it is
now close to 250,000 miles,
and has never had the crank out of the block. I suspect that it is worth
a bit more than I paid for it too, but it is NOT for sale! (nor are any of
my Triumphs!) I did select the E Type partly to tow the TR3.
The rig was good for 38 MPG per car towing (the TR3 used nothing in this
mode) and we made all the races
over all the mountain ranges with no serious mechanical problems. Two
great cars.
A slightly larger tow vehicle and a small trailer (with brakes), per Joe
Alexander's idea, is much safer and much less work.
Hardy
In a message dated 9/28/2009 8:35:14 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
Dave1massey@cs.com writes:
Towing a TR3 behind a Jag. Is that conspicuous consumption or what?
;-)
Seriously, I'm envious.
Dave
I flat towed my national championship TR3 race car for 100,000 plus miles
behind me 67 E Type Jaguar; my only two cars at the time. As I was
living
in SF, a trailer was not realistic on my budget, and the E Type would not
have enjoyed it. It was economical, dangerous, annoying, but necessary.
I
did disconnect the drive shaft.
_______________________________________________
Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
This list supported in part by the Vintage Triumph Register
http://www.vtr.org
Triumphs@autox.team.net
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/triumphs
http://www.team.net/archive
|