[TR] most cost-effective car to move a TR engine??

[Graham Stretch]

Hi Alain
A friend of mine moved most of a Dolomite Sprint Driveline in his Dolomite 
Sprint! A Dolomite Sprint is a small Triumph Saloon, about the same as a 
Corolla if not a touch smaller, the engine was rolled in to the boot, I say 
rolled as it had to rotate part way through insertion to clear the structure 
of the body, the gearbox went in the rear inside several black bin liners to 
retain any oil spill and the axle was placed on the reclined passenger seat, 
the interior was seriously protected with heavy cardboard, hardboard and ply 
wood where needed, the wife travelled in the back behind the driver, it did 
look a little low on the rear but he drove over 100 miles from me to his 
home! All items were drained of fluids before transport, though I recall a 
cup or so of coolant appeared from the engine despite turning it every which 
way to empty it out before hand! Dolomite Sprints are also notoriously soft 
sprung, they tend to bottom the suspension four up on a rural type road, 
though from experience of Az, some of your unmade roads are better than our 
local routes!

Just move it in what ya got! (tuppence worth, maybe less!)

Graham


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alain" <triumphworks at gmail.com>
To: "list Triumph" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 5:15 PM
Subject: [TR] most cost-effective car to move a TR engine??


> Outside using a small pick-up truck or car trailer setup, has anyone
> successfully used a car, small station wagon, or other vehicle to move a 
> TR
> engine, TR4 in this case.  I need to deliver it 200 miles away.
>
> Neither my Corolla or wife's Camry are good candidate's for moving a TR
> engine.  Should I just rent/borrow a pickup, or in these days of 
> high-priced
> gas, has anyone found a better solution to move an engine from pt. A. to 
> pt.
> B??
>
> TIA for any novel/good ideas,  Alain
>
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