[TR] what car?

[Bob Labuz]

On Thursday 03 January 2008 08:08 pm, Joe Curry wrote:
> The tank is indeed a brass expansion tank.  It was fitted only on Mk1 Spits
> (62-64) and removed for the Mk2's.  The same tanks were also fitted on some
> Vitesse and perhaps Herald models (I'm rather fuzzy on those but am quite
> sure someone will chime in with a correction.)
>
> The carbs are 1.25" SUs
>
> Joe C.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: triumphs-bounces+spitlist=cox.net at autox.team.net
> [mailto:triumphs-bounces+spitlist=cox.net at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jim
> Muller
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:04 PM
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [TR] what car?
>
> On 3 Jan 2008 at 20:37, Bob Labuz wrote:
> > Just looking at ebay Triumph parts and located this carb/manifold
> > setup.
> > seller says it is a 3/4 but it is not. Maybe a Spitfire, Herald?
> >
> > What is that tank, an expansion tank for the radiator?
>
> I don't see anything I'd call an expansion tank.  The left side of
> the picture shows an SU float bowl.  It's angled, so unless the mount
> is broken it is for a car whose carbs are slanted, not horizontal.
> (They made some that way with the appropriate mounting hardware to
> bring the float bowl vertical.)  The cover on the top would seem to
> be the valve cover, with a crank ventilation tube on the back.  From
> the relative sizes of everything compared to the dashpots and the
> float bowl which would be more or less the same size for any car,
> this looks like a very small engine.  The AUD2140 is an SU number,
> but I couldn't tell you what.
Thanks Joe.

Wow I was almost right on both questions.

Now all I need to find is a new game show: "Whats that Triumph Part" on the 
same line as that old show "What My Line" or am I showing my age.

Fred, 

I was about to send you a reply saying that that tank above the carbs sure 
looks like a radiator tank but Joe beat me to the punch.

Thanks for letting me keep my fingers warm by typing.

I know you are not freezing Joe but it is sure cold up here!

Bob