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Re: Flexplate for TR 2.5 L?

To: "ALAN N. TAYLOR" <atenglish@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: Flexplate for TR 2.5 L?
From: Ted Schumacher <tedtsimx@q1.net>
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 07:56:53 -0500
in the mid'60's we sold the tr2000 sedan. this was available wtih an 
automatic.it
used the engine that became the powerplant for the first generation gt6.  ted

"ALAN N. TAYLOR" wrote:

> At 03:11 PM 12/5/01 -0800, Bob Bownes wrote:
> The triumph 2500 sedan is what you speak of now that I think on it.
> Don't know if it had an auto an an option though. The only one I ever
> saw has TR6 running gear, complete w tranny.
>
> iii
>
> David & Krystal Wingett wrote:
>
>  Amici
>              I hope that our collective heads can help figure this one out.
>  Was there ever an automatic trans in a TR, other then the Stag?  I know that
>  the Vetesse has a 2.0L.   I seem to think there was a 4 dr like the Vetesse
>  , more like a taxi, that had a 2.5L PI. in the late 60's.   Did any of them
>  come with an Automatic trans?  How about some of the "Not For Imports" form
>  Over there?
>                          Bottom line... think 4 1/2" button clutch &  8 lbs
>  total weight.  Just think of the rotating mass!  It can be done, I know it
>  can.   But like everything else, it won't be easy and it won't be cheep.  If
>  there is a flexplate out there I can use I need one, without making it
>  myself.
>                      David Wingett
>                          TR6   E Prod.
>
> Hello All,
>
> The Triumph 2000 came about half and half to the states. I had four of the
> six known 2000's in the Atlanta area in my salvage yard in the mid
> 80's-90's. Three were automatics and one four-speed O/D. Two of the
> automatic set-ups are now in TR6's. The other is buried under a few 3's and
> 4's. These cars had Borg-Warner Model 35 automatic trans in them like the
> Stag and TR7. They were three speeds originally,but liked to convert
> themselves to two speeds over time.
>
> As for flexplate,it is factory part # 211647. Part # 211418 could probably
> be used , but I doubt either one is out there NOS , but who knows?
>
> Alan T

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