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RE: spitfires at le mans

To: "'TR6 List'" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: RE: spitfires at le mans
From: Peter Zaborski <peterz@merak.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 17:21:45 -0700
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duper Sude [SMTP:DuperSude@aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 1998 4:21 PM
> To:   peterz@merak.com; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject:      Re: spitfires at le mans
> 
> << And that part
>  seems to exclude their most successful (in terms of sales anyway) tr
>  series cars, the tr6s (oh yeah I am definitely biased).
>   >>
>   Sorry to tell you, but the TR7, for it's bad reputation and
> everything, was
> the highest selling TR-series Triumph. It had a production run of, I
> believe,
> 111,000 cars, where as the TR6 had a production run of 92,000.
> 
Yup, I stand corrected. Thanks for the clarification.

BTW, this is sorta related...it's my understanding that TR stands for
"Triumph Roadster". This is true for all the models until the TR7 which
also came with a coupe model (and maybe the TR8 as well). In fact maybe
the TR7 coupe came before the convertible. Is this an inconsistency with
the naming convention or does the TR actually stand for something else?

( Oh yeah, I know a true roadster would not have wind up windows. )

Peter Zaborski
76 TR6 (CF58310 UO)
Calgary AB Canada


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