Re: [Fot] Has anybody put a TR4 tub on a TR6 chassis?

[Bob Kramer <rkramer56@gmail.com>]

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Moss lists the floor pans this way:

Floors are TR4A type (illustrated), which are identical to TR4 floors,
except there is no hole for the handbrake, and has 3 mounting holes in the
rear position instead of 4.

Bob Kramer


On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 10:41 AM Bruce Stutzman <stutztr4@gmail.com> wrote:

> A big difference is the emergency brake.
>
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 8:23 AM Mark J Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com> wrote:
>
>> On 6/3/20 5:55 AM, yellow04 wrote:
>> > I figured this was the place to ask this question.
>> >
>> > I am selling an early TR4 project/parts car on Craigslist and just got
>> > a question that I can't answer. Will a TR4 tub that goes on the ladder
>> > frame mount to an IRS wishbone frame?
>> >
>> >
>>
>> With a lot of cutting, welding and fabrication I am sure it would work.
>> I sort of remember a TR3 at the Boulder VTR convention in 1990 that was
>> heavily modified to fit on a TR6 frame.  I remember it as the car that
>> won the autocross at the racetrack because the driver thought that the
>> "optional" slalom along the back straight did not mean you could choose
>> to start it on the left or right, but choose to do it or just blast
>> straight through ignoring the cones altogether.
>>
>> mjb.
>>
>>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Moss lists the floor pans this way:<div><br class=3D"gmail=
-Apple-interchange-newline"><span style=3D"color:rgb(79,80,94);font-family:=
Lato,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;background-=
color:rgb(236,235,235)">Floors are TR4A type (illustrated), which are ident=
ical to TR4 floors, except there is no hole for the handbrake, and has 3 mo=
unting holes in the rear position instead of 4.</span>=C2=A0=C2=A0<br></div=
><div><br clear=3D"all"><div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" dat=
a-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr">Bob Kramer</div></div></di=
v><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"=
gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 10:41 AM Bruce Stutzman &lt;<a href=3D"m=
ailto:stutztr4@gmail.com">stutztr4@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><block=
quote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1=
px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">A big differen=
ce is the emergency brake.</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"=
ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 8:23 AM Mark J Bradakis &l=
t;<a href=3D"mailto:mark@bradakis.com"; target=3D"_blank">mark@bradakis.com<=
/a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0=
px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">O=
n 6/3/20 5:55 AM, yellow04 wrote:<br>
&gt; I figured this was the place to ask this question.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I am selling an early TR4 project/parts car on Craigslist and just got=
 <br>
&gt; a question that I can&#39;t answer. Will a TR4 tub that goes on the la=
dder <br>
&gt; frame mount to an IRS wishbone frame?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
<br>
With a lot of cutting, welding and fabrication I am sure it would work.=C2=
=A0 <br>
I sort of remember a TR3 at the Boulder VTR convention in 1990 that was <br=
>
heavily modified to fit on a TR6 frame.=C2=A0 I remember it as the car that=
 <br>
won the autocross at the racetrack because the driver thought that the <br>
&quot;optional&quot; slalom along the back straight did not mean you could =
choose <br>
to start it on the left or right, but choose to do it or just blast <br>
straight through ignoring the cones altogether.<br>
<br>
mjb.<br>
<br>
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