On Thu, 7 Dec 1995 lesnyd@bb1t.monsanto.com wrote:
> I've seen a lot of posts saying that Triumphs don't have that much
> collector value, so why not swap, etc. I maintain that a Triumph is not
> a triumph unless it has a Triumph engine.
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You mean like the TR8 (Rover, nee B-O-P)? Or the Triumph 1800/2000
Roadster and T&C/Renown Saloon (Standard engines)? Or the TR2-4
itself (modified Standard Vanguard)? Or the Herald/Spitfire/Vitesse/
TR5-6 engines (all derived from the Standard SC 803cc. engine)?
Quite possibly the only real "Triumph" engines in the post-war era are
the slant-4 Saab/TR7/Dolomite/etc. engine and the "Sabrina" OHC LeMans
engine. ;-)
> Replacing the guts of the car is just as bad as dropping a fiberglass kit
> body on a GT6 frame, pitching the original sheet metal. Does anybody
> call a Bradley GT a Volkswagen?
Maybe, but I'll never call one of those plastic-TD-on-a-VW-chassis things
an MG!
TGIF,
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