[Fot] Advice...

Andre Rousseau andre at gt6.ca
Tue Nov 23 19:16:26 MST 2010


I almost wonder if dropping in a whole new powerplant with attached
tranny would be better, but not sure how much work that would entail.

Miata?

A.

On 23 November 2010 21:04, Andrew Mace <herald948 at aol.com> wrote:
> This has been done by a few folks in the TR6 (and even one that I know of
in
> a Sports 6) using at least the BW-35 autobox from a Triumph 2000 sedan,
> which actually might be more plentiful in Canada than in the US? In the
case
> of the one Sports 6 conversion I heard about, it involved some very major
> reconstructive surgery of the chassis, since the old Borg-Warner is an
> extremely bulky unit.
>
> Maybe there's something more modern out there nowadays that can be made to
> fit....
>
> --Andy Mace
>
> *Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
> *Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er, Triumph
> Herald engine with wings.
> -- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)
>
> Triumph 10 / Herald / Sports 6 vehicle consultant, The Vintage Triumph
> Register: http://www.vtr.org
>
> Check out the North American Triumph Sports 6 (Vitesse 6) and Triumph
Herald
> Database: http://triumph-herald.us
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andre Rousseau <andre at gt6.ca>
> To: fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tue, Nov 23, 2010 8:56 pm
> Subject: [Fot] Advice...
>
> Fellow Triumph fans. I need some help.
>
>
>
>
>
> I received an email from a guy today. He is restoring a GT6, but
>
>
> recently has lost his left leg below the knee.
>
>
> Still able to drive, but only with an automatic.



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