Actually yes - It had to do with emission requirements.
To accommodate the charcoal canister venting system etc, the gas tank
needed a space in the top for vapors - no space really to make it bigger,
but in reality, it was just cheaper to extend the neck deeper into the
tank, thereby creating said space, albeit at the expense of capacity -
They did the same thing with the Spitfire around the same time frame -
Barry
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Subject: [TR] Does Anyone Know Why?
As I was driving my TR6 to Jekyll Island for VTR last year, caravanning with
a friend in a TR3 and another in a TR4,
I couldn't help but wonder why TRiumph equipped it's latest model (to date)
with the largest displacement engine and the heaviest
chassis, and the smallest gas tank. My TR4A had a 14 gallon tank, my TR6 has
an 11.25 gallon tank.
Anyone? JonMac, are you out there?
Irv Korey
74 TR6 CF22767U
Highland Park, IL
triumphs at autox.team.net
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