Get in touch with the TR7/TR8 Wedge Club of which I'm a member, that has
HUGE information on this category.
I believe a ""very"" few TR8's {perhaps three to five} were made late 1979
following the success of the Rallied TR7V8.
Most TR8's came into being during 1980. Followed by a lesser number in 1981.
The last October 1981.
My TR8 was made August 1981, and is a superb driver [love the sound of the
V8]. Though registered here as a 1982 TR8 because it was a specific ordered
model by British Leyland. Canada; having the capitol C in the serial number
for Canada. These {I believe special order from the factory} 1981 cars were
allowed into Canada by the Canadian Government because of our connection to
Britain. The U.S. would however not permit such a grant when approach by the
England !!
A Pal of mine is considering selling his 1981 TR8...only because of his age.
It's here in Canada.
Cheers
Mike Coe - Calgary
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Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 15:31:38 -0500
From: Jack Mc <McGaheyRx@aol.com>
To: Joe Burlein <floridatr6@cfl.rr.com>
Cc: "<triumphs@autox.team.net>" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] Pre production TR8s
Yes, there were such animals and they are very well documented. There is a
TWOA member who maintains a list of all known surviving coupes and a wealth
of information is available.
Generally, and off the top of my head, there were 2 production runs of
preproduction coupes - 1 small run in early 1977 with VINs ACNX - ACNXX,
and another larger run later in 1977 with VINs ACN10xx - ACN1xxx.
Ted Schumacher owns ACN1 and brought it to the 2014 VTR Convention - his son
(I think) has ACN2 and I have ACN3 and ACN1049. I have a lot of
documentation that came with ACN3 including a letter that lists a number of
preproduction coupes sold by Triumph in 1980 - i.e. a number of
preproduction coupes were held by the company for a couple of years and
never went to dealers. ACN1049 was originally sold by a dealer in
Birmingham. I don't think any of the ACN cars originally had "TR8" on them
anywhere. I believe there were other TR8 coupes made a bit later with prefix
TCN but I don't think those were considered "pre-production"
Cheers,
Jack Mc
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> On Jan 6, 2015, at 9:08 AM, Joe Burlein <floridatr6@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone have an "official" information about pre production TR8
> convertibles? Were there really such animals? I know they had coupes but
> I haven't heard about a "dealer only" version for sales demos until
> recently. Curious if it is true and if so if there is any serial number
> info available.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
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Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 17:51:40 -0500
From: Joe Burlein <floridatr6@cfl.rr.com>
To: Jack Mc <McGaheyRx@aol.com>
Cc: "<triumphs@autox.team.net>" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] Pre production TR8s
Cool. Any convertibles in that mix in 79 that were sent to dealers?
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> On Jan 6, 2015, at 15:31, Jack Mc <McGaheyRx@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, there were such animals and they are very well documented. There is a
> TWOA member who maintains a list of all known surviving coupes and a
> wealth of information is available.
>
> Generally, and off the top of my head, there were 2 production runs of
> preproduction coupes - 1 small run in early 1977 with VINs ACNX - ACNXX,
> and another larger run later in 1977 with VINs ACN10xx - ACN1xxx.
> Ted Schumacher owns ACN1 and brought it to the 2014 VTR Convention - his
> son (I think) has ACN2 and I have ACN3 and ACN1049. I have a lot of
> documentation that came with ACN3 including a letter that lists a number
> of preproduction coupes sold by Triumph in 1980 - i.e. a number of
> preproduction coupes were held by the company for a couple of years and
> never went to dealers. ACN1049 was originally sold by a dealer in
> Birmingham. I don't think any of the ACN cars originally had "TR8" on them
> anywhere. I believe there were other TR8 coupes made a bit later with
> prefix TCN but I don't think those were considered "pre-production"
>
> Cheers,
> Jack Mc
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jan 6, 2015, at 9:08 AM, Joe Burlein <floridatr6@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Does anyone have an "official" information about pre production TR8
>> convertibles? Were there really such animals? I know they had coupes but
>> I haven't heard about a "dealer only" version for sales demos until
>> recently. Curious if it is true and if so if there is any serial number
>> info available.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
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