To all,
In the Triumph documentary on Sebring '63 there's a section on the crude
flares they had to fabricate to pass tech....
WST
Team Thicko
Jim Hill wrote:
> Don Marshall asked:
>
> > were flares used on TR4 racers in the '60s? I'm busy
> > installing some on my '63 TR4 for autocrossing and wonder
> > whether I can use the same car if I decide to go vintage
> > racing someday. The Kastner competition prep manual has a
> > couple pictures (without flares), but that's all I have to go
> > by so far.
>
> There were no flares on the Kastner-prepared, Charlie
> Gates-driven TR4 in 1963 when I raced against it (and I had a
> real good view of it as it lapped me). There was also a list of
> factory-supplied TR4 competition parts at the time, and flares
> were not on the list. On the other hand, these are 35 year old
> memories, and I don't know what may have been SCCA approved or
> tolerated after 1964 . . .
>
> Jim Hill
> Madison WI
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