[TR] TR6 Question

[Wayne Lee]

Hi Dan,
   If the 2 stalks you mention are both on the right side of the column, 
then I'd say it's an overdrive unit. If there on each side then the one on 
the right is hi/lo beam.
Cheers,
Wayne Lee

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <BearTranserv at aol.com>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 11:18 AM
Subject: [TR] TR6 Question


> What's the easiest way to tell if a TR6 has an overdrive  transmission?
>
> I was at a local pick and pull Saturday and spied a TR6 with a small dent 
> in
> the bumper and a $100 paint job (red spray over the snaps and some of the
> rubber).  It had been sitting for some time by the dust that was 
> collected.
> The seats were also trashed, by the sun most likely, but it  looked to 
> have a
> relatively new top.
>
> I asked about it and told them I'd like to buy the transmission if it was 
> an
> overdrive.  This will fit my TR4, no??????  There were two stalks  on the
> steering column.  A turn signal and a ???...windshield washer or 
> overdrive?
>
> If I buy the car, is anyone interested in a TR6 with a TR4  transmission?
>
> Robert B.  Houston
> Texan in New Mexico
>
> 63 TR4
>
> As he stared at her ample  bosom, he daydreamed of the dual Stromberg
> carburetors in his vintage  Triumph, highly functional yet pleasingly 
> formed,
> perched prominently on top of  the intake manifold, aching for experienced
> hands, the small knurled caps of the  oil dampeners begging to be 
> inspected and
> adjusted as
> described in chapter  seven of the shop manual.
> Dan McKay