I am pleased to nominate Mark Eginton to join the Friends of Triumph
discussion list. Mark still owns the SCCA race history TR-3 that his Dad drove
at Riverside, Santa Barbara and Laguna Seca in the early 60's. According to
Mark his Dad's car was probably the only satin black TR3 out there, and Mark
still has the original "Ditto" schedules from some of these events.
Mark's father was a foreign car mechanic and therefore he always had a garage
full of parts. When Mark was 11 the car became his and he built the existing
pumped-up engine with his Dad's help, so by the time Mark could drive - the car
was ready. Mark regularly beat 327 Chevys and 914s in drag races outside the
El Toro Marine base in High School (nothing too serious just other competitors
driving stock and street modified machines).
Mark still has the car plus vintage parts and intends to build a replica of
his Dad's original race engine with his son's help this winter. Mark hopes to
reuse as many old parts from the garage and minimizing the use of new
components whenever possible. When the car is completed Mark plans to vintage
race it for fun although he has some concerns that the roll bar is probably too
low for today's standards.
Cheers,
Jim Prettyleaf
Cupertino, California
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