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Re: TRs in Automobile Magazine-Dec '99

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Subject: Re: TRs in Automobile Magazine-Dec '99
From: Gerhard.Wiederholl@t-online.de (Gerhard Wiederholl)
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 21:40:28 +0100
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John T. Nichols schrieb:
>
> On p. 84 of the Dec. '99 issue of Automobile Magazine the claim is made
> that the Citroen DS was the first production car with front disk brakes
> since it was introduced at the 1955 Paris Auto Show. But wasn't the TR3
> the first production car actually available to the public with front
> disk brakes?
>
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> John T. Nichols
> '58 TR3A TS32093L 'O'
> '86 TVR 280i

It s true that the Citroen DS was the first production car with disk brakes.

But the TR 3 was the first production sports car with disk brakes. 

Gerhard Wiederholl

1969 TR 6
1976 TR 7 RV


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