Bill,
This badging sounds like a genuine European Spec TR5 - not such a
rarity over here (UK), though much rarer than a TR6!
Cheers,
Bill
Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>
> One curiosity though. In front of the Coventry Inn was a TR5 that
> had 2500 on the side and PI on the back. I have never seen one of
> these before. But when I was in Europe, I had a friend with a
> Triumph 2.5PI. We always used to wonder about taking a TR6 or TR250
> and putting the engine, trans and diff from the PI into it. If I
> understand what I saw (unfortunately, this car must be someones
> transportation and wasn't in the show, so the hood was down and I
> didn't get to see the engine) Triumph actually sold a car that was
> exactly this. Can anyone (like it's owner!) verify this to satisfy
> my curiosity??
>
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