Why just building on type of car?
A TR 3C with V8
A TR 4B with V10
A TR 6A with V12
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
To: <GRMTim@aol.com>; <fot@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 11:58 PM
Subject: RE: Possibility of rebirth of Triumph?
> I would post to your forum, but not many of the FOT seem top go there. I
> doubt that side curtains and cutaway doors are feasible, but a great
stylist
> could suggest it effectively. Low, simple, relatively cheap, not
> overpowered, great handling, and as good a fit to the memory of a TR3 as
the
> new mini is to the old one? I would buy one immediately. In fact I'd place
> my deposit this afternoon. It will save me from building my own
semi-modern
> TR3 from the remains of my NASCAR TR3 (which is my Plan Du Jour for what I
> should do with the poor thing).
>
> I sure wouldn't wait a year. Fifty thousand TR3 fans will die this year.
Two
> percent of them would have bought their grandkid a TR3C to go to college
> with--just for the secondhand pleasure of a properly spent youth.
>
> As for the people in your forum that think the TR6 or 4 is a better
> candidate for retro modeling, and any such vehicle should have a V8
dropped
> in, words fail me.
>
> Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-fot@Autox.Team.Net] On Behalf
> Of GRMTim@aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 5:44 PM
> To: fot@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Possibility of rebirth of Triumph?
>
> I had the chance to have dinner with Tom Purvis, president of BMW a couple
> of nights ago.
>
> As some may know, he hails from Rover and is quite the British car
> enthusiast. I mentioned that I race a TR3 and he admitted a special
fondness
> for that car. He quickly reminded me that BMW owns the rights to the
Triumph
> name and hinted that there had been some discussion about bringing the
> Triumph name back from the dead. I suggested a retro TR3 looking car based
> on the BMW Z-4 with the 2.0 liter four cylinder BMW uses in Europe, since
> the original TR3 had a 2.0 liter four cylinder.
>
> Without putting to many words in his mouth he seemed genuinely interested
in
> this idea and wanted to talk about it further. I told him a year from now,
> once the enormity of the new retro Mustangbs success was obvious, would
be
> a good time to discuss this whole idea some more.
>
> What do you guys think? Would you buy it? What should it cost? Should it
be
> called the TR1 since the name was never really used or the TR9? Tom
> mentioned the enormity of setting up the MINI dealer network and building
a
> new brand image. What if BMW started a sort of BMC or British Leyland
> division again and lumped Triumph in with MINI?
>
> Let's get some dialog going on this and I will get back with Tom Purvis.
As
> it will be easier to get him to our message board, than to get him to join
> FOT and a message board is easier to keep organized than a million emails,
I
> have started a thread on our message board:
> http://www.grmotorsports.com/board/viewtopic.php?p=71447#71447
>
> Please go here and post your ideas. if you participate in any other
Triumph
> boards, groups sites etc, please also see if you can get them to post
their
> ideas on this thread. I for one would love a new TR3 looking car with BMW
> performance and build quality. This guy seemed genuinely interested. Heck
> who knows, maybe we can change the automotive world with our little club
of
> Triumph wackos! Thanks.
>
> Tim Suddard/Classic Motorsports magazine
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