[TR] Early TR4 change points

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Tue Mar 18 07:09:11 MST 2008


-----Original Message-----
From: John Macartney <standardtriumph at btinternet.com>

Jerry Van Vlack wrote:

> That may be important to the Lotus List but has no relevance to the 
Triumph
> list. Who really cares what Lotus does.

"Jonmac" replied:

You may not, Jerry - but Lotus was a good customer of Standard-Triumph 
for a
number of years and
bought in a lot of ST componentry (steering and suspension mostly) for 
use in
its own cars. That
action brought in cash, so Lotus is actually quite important from an 
historical
standpoint.

==AM==
Right as usual, John. And it continues to this day, as restorers of 
older Lotus 7s, 11s, and various Lotus formula race cars seek out new 
or good used vertical links, steering arms and such from the fabled 
Standard 8/10 and Herald front suspensions. That's how well regarded 
those Standard-Triumph-designed components were back then, that they 
were used on a number of the most famous race cars of the era!

--Andy  Mace

*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so  much of a jet, it's more your, er, 
Triumph Herald engine with  wings.
 -- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus  (22)

Check out the North American Triumph Sports 6 (Vitesse 6) and Triumph 
Herald Database at its new URL: <http://triumph-herald.us>


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