[Fot] Triumph TR5 (WASP) Prototypes...

[Kas Kastner]

I have been asked about this TR-5  car before.  I knew nothing of it.  I suppose it was in Michigan for the emission testing. It failed I presume and is why the TR-6 had twin carbs instead. If this is the same Peter Cox thatt worked in the Competition Department at the factory I did know him and furnished him camshafts at one time.
---- BillDentin at aol.com wrote: 

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Amici...

The current issue of Triumph World magazine has a letter from a guy named 
Mike Geddes over in England, who is in the process of restoring X753, one of 
the TR5 (Wasp) prototypes.  He describes the car as an engine test bed, with 
a prototype chassis set up and several factory body mods.  He considers the 
car's history to be particularly interesting because it spent some time in 
the USA.  We didn't see many TR5s over here because of emissions issues.  He 
suspects this one may have been used over here for emissions testing.  He 
is looking to make contact with anyone who might have information about the 
car.  I never heard of this prototype.  Kas?

Incidentally, in the same issue, Paul Richardson has a great article about 
the late Peter Cox.  Coxy was a guy I never met, but I sure felt I knew him, 
and he sure was the source of genuine Triumph competition parts for many, 
many years.

Bill Dentinger

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