John,
I read with interest your assessment of the various cars. I have to disagree
with your choice between the TR3 and TR4. Personally, I
prefer the lines of the TR4 better than the 3. I have no rational for this
preference, so I guess beauty is in the eyes of the
beholder.
That said, offer me a TR3 and see how quickly I snatch it up!!! :)
Joe
John & Tracy Knox wrote:
>
> Yes I know the TR-4 is a Michelloti design, I own one! However, if you have
> ever seen an Italia you see I think where the TR-4 came from. You also see
> the lines of the Spit bonnet in the hood of the Italia. Somehow the 4 was
> changed around and you get the Italian message coming through in a weird
> British sort of way. I like the TR's as there isn't anything quite like
> them. They were built to be a true sports car. However the lines and the
> looks of the TR4 aren't beautiful like the TR3. The TR3 has lines that
> flow, and the car is pretty from almost any angle. The TR4 is pretty weird
> looking. It took me quite a while of looking at it to admit to what almost
> everyone else says about the car. The slab sides, and the Checker Cab trunk
> just don't give much to the car. I like the TR6 in racing trim. The
> group44 cars are very cool looking, but the TR6 suffers from the same
> problem as the TR4 on the sides. The front and back look just sawed off.
> If you don't put design into the nose or tail, and the sides don't have much
> it doesn't leave a whole lot of body to get anything else in. The market
> speaks for itself with the TR7 and 8. The 7 was the first TR that I was
> ever around much. A friend had one and it was a very neat car. However I
> still wonder what Triumph was thinking.
>
> JohnK
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joseph R. Schneider <joe-schneider@northwestern.edu>
> To: John & Tracy Knox <jknox@erie.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 10:48 PM
> Subject: Re: Is Triumph coming Back???
>
> > At 10:19 PM 1/11/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> > >Since this all a list of opinions...
> > >(snip) The 4-8 series were not
> > >attractive. The Italia is undiluted Michelotti <sp?>, and as such is a
> > >beautiful car. The Spitfire was allowed to keep the delicate lines that
> I
> > >think were hallmarks of Michelotti's work. The others were pretty
> heavily
> > >bastardized in there own right for economy sake.
> > (snip)
> > point(s) of clarification, TR4 was Michelotti as well and, as I recall,
> the
> > TR3 (agreeably a beautiful car) was not- Personally, I love the TR4-250
> > look (but my Triumph IS a Spitfire)
> > as Greg Petrolati once told me when describing his TR4 "It screams 60s
> > sports car", for their era all the TRs were great lookers (yes, I include
> > the TR7-8, we'd all love to have one galvanized with a modern
> > electronically fuel injected 2.5-3 liter engine, wouldn't we?)
> > the most important thin about Triumph in my view is that no Triumph was a
> > copy of anything else
> > Joe
> >
> > Joseph R. Schneider, MD, PhD
> > Associate Professor, Vascular Surgery
> > Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, USA
> > joe-schneider@northwestern.edu
> > http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~jschneid/JRS.HTML
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