in second gear than the Bugeye could do in forth. On my way to my new job,
on the Ohio Turnpike I was able to get the 350 up to an indicated 130+ mph.
Kenneth Waller
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From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: WAY OT - English Sport Cars: List traffic handling
As opposed to the GT-6, which was a Spitfire with a hardtop and the TR6
engine.
I have a friend who has a Triumph fetish. 3 GT-6's in various states of
rust/disassembly, and a beautiful TR-6 in his garage.
Oh yeah, and a Formula Vee as well...
-Mat
TR-250 was the body of a TR-4 with the
The GT6 had a 2 litre engine, whilst the TR6 had a 2.5. I don't remember
if the latter was simply a larger capacity version of the former. It
might well have been.
John
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 12:20:17 -0500, Mat Maessen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
As opposed to the GT-6, which was a Spitfire
I had a GT-6+ back in the day. Custom silver metal-flake paint job,
leather interior/wood dash. It was a great, if temperamental, car for a
little over a year until it became a victim of applied physics.
Loved how I could tip open the hood/bonnet, sit on the tire, and have
access to most of
Mat Maessen wrote:
As opposed to the GT-6, which was a Spitfire with a hardtop and the
TR6 engine.
I have a friend who has a Triumph fetish. 3 GT-6's in various states
of rust/disassembly, and a beautiful TR-6 in his garage.
Oh yeah, and a Formula Vee as well...
-Mat
TR-250 was the body of a
My very first car was a real piece of crap. 1961 Renault Caravelle.
Bill
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From: Alan Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars: List traffic handling - was OT:
Netiquette
Mat
At 05:33 PM 21/02/2004, you wrote:
The closest I ever got was a Triumph PI, wish I'd bought a Stag when
they were at giveaway prices
Alan
Paul's pride and joy
http://members.rogers.com/stagman/stag/
Bought in the very early 80s. Still has original engine.
Wendy Beard,
Ottawa, Canada
frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Someone on this list had a TR3 or a TR3a - was it Whaley?
They're among my favourite classic English sports cars, the Austin Healey
Bug Eye (I think you Brits call them Frog Eye?) Sprite being my absolute
fave. They're just so irresistably cute!!
I
And at least semi reliable.
At 08:11 AM 2/20/04, you wrote:
Someone on this list had a TR3 or a TR3a - was it Whaley?
They're among my favourite classic English sports cars, the Austin Healey
Bug Eye (I think you Brits call them Frog Eye?) Sprite being my absolute
fave. They're just so
UA$?
I mean US$. Sorry!
keith
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Keith Whaley wrote:
frank theriault wrote:
Someone on this list had a TR3 or a TR3a - was it Whaley?
It was!
I still have my copy of the SCCA finish sheet!
Shows me finishing 3rd in E Production (1.6-2.0 litre) class.
Somewhere I have a
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars: List traffic handling - was OT:
Netiquette
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 20:20:34 -0500
I love Austin Healeys. They are true sports cars with an everyman
personality. I see quite a few of them around Detroit
I had a loaner TR-250 for a year or so. My then
brother-in-law was off to Vietnam for a second tour and
left his complete (!) set of Nikon lenses and bodies plus
his TR-250 in my care. For those who missed this one, the
TR-250 was the body of a TR-4 with the engine of the
soon-to-appear
I guess a Porsche 912 is better than no Porsche at all.
At 12:23 AM 2/21/04, you wrote:
I had a loaner TR-250 for a year or so. My then brother-in-law was off to
Vietnam for a second tour and left his complete (!) set of Nikon lenses
and bodies plus his TR-250 in my care. For those who missed
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Subject: Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars: List traffic handling - was
OT: Netiquette
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 20:20:34 -0500
I love Austin Healeys. They are true sports cars with an everyman
personality. I see quite a few of them around Detroit in the summer
months. When I worked in New
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 20:20:34 -0500
I love Austin Healeys. They are true sports cars with an everyman
personality. I see quite a few of them around Detroit in the summer
months
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