[TR] TR-3 Engine Stand

[Glenn A. Merrell]

John Macartney wrote:
>> there really isn't anywhere to bolt
>> this TRactor engine up to it.
>>     
>
> Can anyone (Everyone?) please tell me why the wet liner 4 pot is so 
> frequently referred to as a tractor engine?
>
> Jonmac 
This is just a S.W.A.G. (Standard Wild Arse Guess) but could it have 
something to do with the Ferguson engines (and Tractors) being forged, 
machined assembled and installed by Standard/Triumph Motor Company from 
about 1945 to 1956 due to the manufacturing agreement between Ferguson 
and Standard?  So, since Standard made the Ferguson Tractor after Ford 
begged out, and those tractors used a similar engine in the Vanguard, 
TR1/2/3/4, folk lore says the Triumph is a Tractor engine, although it 
was probably first used in a Standard automobile.

-- 
Glenn A. Merrell
Chairman, Triumph Stag Club USA (2007-2009)
The best trophies are miles on the odometer, stone chips in the paint, dead bugs on the windshield!