I wish they would start importing back the MR-2. Still a bit more expensive than I would like just the same. Q -- Jay Quinn jpquinn@cyberramp.net http://www.cyberramp.net/~jpquinn/index.htm 1962 Aust
Author: Philip Raby <philip.raby@eos-magazine.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 97 17:10:34 -0000
The MkII MR2 is now starting to look long-in-the-tooth. Also, it was never as good dynamically as the original car, I've found the handling rather spongy and the steering not as sharp as the old vers
Inchoate = not fully developed I think that the Stag should have been the Triumph Inchoate Mark !, and the TR7 the Triumph Inchoate Mark 2! proper Inchoate? Sorry, lost on me. An American term? Or am
While we're on the subject (and please excuse my ignorance), and since the Stag was mentioned, what, exactly, was wrong with the Stag? I've only seen one once in my life (a couple years ago) and didn
The Stag was a lovely car in many ways, but it had some design weaknesses - primarily in the engine (which tended to suffer warped heads, particularly if poorly maintained) and the body leaked like a
Warping heads, I understand. It wasn't uncommon for Rover V8 engines to be fitted in place of the standard (pun) units, which required sheet metal work on the bonnet to fit. Nice looking car, I've al
Firstly, not all were hardtops. They had a neat T-roof design also. Stags had a unique single overhead cam V8 all aluiminum motor. Sounds pretty high tech. But they used a single row flimsy chain fro
Author: Philip Raby <philip.raby@eos-magazine.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 97 11:42:35 -0000
The hardtop was an option - they all had a soft-top with the T-bar. You can bung a Rover V8 into the Stag, but it's frowned upon by enthusiasts. The original engine is fine if you build it carefully.
I got your point.... I just happen to have looked in my auto encyclopedia and found several examples of other 'wedgie' shapes (between turkey, potatoes, etc). As far as the US commercial is concerne
I think what was being pointed out Re: TR-7, shape of things to come was: X1/9, Fiero, MR2, loads of things with prancing horses on 'em... My fiancee is 19. She thinks my cars are cool, loves the Bug
I went to a local car show with a buddy of mine, and we saw a TR-7. His first remark (re-marque?) was "When did Triumph put out a new sportscar?" Simply put, if you softened the lines of a TR-7, you
Sorry, X1/9 (among others) predates tr-7 First off, the TR-7 should've been superior to those cars, given a decade of car development. Each of the other cars had some of the problems you list, but th
Hi Michael: When you are reminiscing about bad cars from BL, you might remember the Rover 2000. I owned a new 2000 TC in 1966. I believe it rated as slightly worse or perhaps very slightly better tha
I almost did. It had a Mazda rotary engine in it (solved half the problems), and it went like the wind. Unfortunately, it was rusty and a really yucky orange color (matched the rust though). It was a
Mmmmm...Rotary engine AND orange? Where was this at again? -- Michael S. Lishego St. Andrews Presbyterian College Elementary Education Major, English Minor, Class of 1999 R.A. of Winston-Salem Hall
It was in Akron, NY, just outside of Buffalo, a couple of years ago. I'm sure it's long gone (or rusted away) by now. -NORY Don't assume that because you have found one problem, you have found the O
Author: Philip Raby <philip.raby@eos-magazine.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 97 10:28:52 -0000
OK, I'll come clean. I owned a TR7 many years ago. It was a left hooker which I converted to RHD - a job which was successful apart from the windscreen wipers which I never managed to suss. It was on
And postdates it. The point of discussion in this thread was the question of "the shape of things to come". Some people went straight from 1978 to 1997, skipping a few automotive styles. The X1/9 is
This thread had 'implied' that the TR-7 was some bold new direction for the sportscar, when it was just a bandwagon example of the wedgie movement. Well, duh! That it WAS a bad car! Keith, I agree! I