[Healeys] tri power for sale

[Mike Sinclair]

I believe the Pontiac Bonneville was the originator.  I once owned a '63 
Bonneville hardtop TriPower.  Paid all of $600 for it.  Spent the first 
Saturday going thru the carburetor linkage to get it to work right; it's 
a progressive setup.  When I got it done, it was fun to drive.  Got 
pretty good mileage until you put your foot down, and then all those 
carb barrels were hooked directly to the fuel gage.  This was pre-stereo 
days, so it had a reverb system on the radio, which basically put a 
slight delay to the rear speakers.  Boy, was I cool!  Sold it a couple 
years later as it needed mufflers and brakes, for $600.

Mike


On 12/18/2018 3:29 PM, Patrick & Caroline Quinn wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> Where did the term ‘tri-power’ come from? Wasn’t it a term used by 
> Pontiac when they fitted triple twin-barrel carburettors to their V8s 
> during the 1950s and ‘60s?
>
> Generally the colloquial term for the 3000 Mk2 Roadster is ‘tri-carb’ 
> which available in either 2+2 (BT7) or 2 seater (BN7) configuration.
>
> Now highly desirable, there were few Mk2 Roadsters built. Namely:-
>
> BT7 LHD Side-shift                  2,949
>
> BT7 RHD Side-shift                  206
>
> BN7 LHD Side-shift                 187
>
> BN7 RHD Side-shift                 27
>
> BT7 LHD Centre-shift              1,834
>
> BT7 RHD Centre-shift              98
>
> BN7 LHD Centre-shift              129
>
> BN7 RHD Centre-shift              12
>
> I don’t know where the figure of 50 comes from but the above figures 
> are from Clausager’s book and they are repeated in the Anderson/Moment 
> book.
>
> Interestingly of the 12 RHD BN7s built with the centre-shift gearbox, 
> five went to the Competitions Department and became rally cars. There 
> are two original RHD BN7s with centre-shift gearboxes in Australia. 
> Also interesting is that the end of the Mk2 Roadster production 
> overlapped with the beginning of the Mk2 Convertible production so 
> both were being made at the same time and were also available at the 
> same time from the showroom.
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
>
> Blue Mountains, Australia
>
> *From:*Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of 
> *Bruce Steele
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 19 December 2018 2:31 AM
> *To:* simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com; 'i erbs'
> *Cc:* 'Healeys'
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] tri power for sale
>
> Indeed a rare and desirable car, but a quick review of the photos 
> shows it is not so “original” as claimed; I can find a number of 
> things that are not correct.
>
> Bruce Steele
>
> Brea, CA
>
> 1960 BN7
>
> *From:*Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of 
> *simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com
> *Sent:* Monday, December 17, 2018 11:40 AM
> *To:* 'i erbs' <eyera3000 at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] tri power for sale
>
> I think they’re saying “only 50 MkII B*_N_*7s”. Rather more than 50 
> centre shift MkII B*_T_*7s, of which I have one.
>
> Simon
>
> *From:*Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of 
> *i erbs
> *Sent:* 17 December 2018 18:11
> *To:* Ahealey help <healeys at autox.team.net 
> <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>>
> *Subject:* [Healeys] tri power for sale
>
> https://tinyurl.com/y8qss5ld were there really only 50 center shift 
> tri powers made?
>
> Ira Erbs
>
> Portland,OR
>
> _______  _______
>      (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
> (_________________________)
>
> BT7 engine and disk brakes
>
> 1967 MGB MG
>
> A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti
>
> Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words
>
>
>
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