Irv Korey wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: N197TR4@cs.com <N197TR4@cs.com>
>
> >The first car that Dan Gurney raced was a TR2 with 18k on it, reportedly
> rode
> >hard and put away wet....but he won some stuff with it.
> >
> >Augie Papst was an early TR pilot..drove to the track, made some
> competition
> >changes, and drove it home. He subsequently sold a new Red TR4A to Kent
> >Howard...the one we made the 4,500 mile West Coat trip in last Fall.
> >
> >Ann Margaret drove a white TR3A in Viva Las Vegas. Mine came from the West
> >Coast originally....I wonder sometimes.
> >
> >Phil Hill also drove a TR early on, I believe.
> >
> >This could be an interesting thread......
>
> I believe David Hobb's first factory drive was for TRiumph.
>
> Jimmy Conners and Chris Evert each won TR6's 1 year for winning Winbledon.
> The cars were delivered with factory hardtops. I bought the one off of
> Evert's car from Gold Coast Imports of Pompano Beach, FL. in the 70's (at
> least that's what they told me).
>
> Irv
If you get some of the early TR-6 brochures, you will see a smiling Alan
Alda as the model in the left seat. Bill Warner
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