[TR] Rover - back to Triumphs

[Glenn A. Merrell]

Bill Davies wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Glenn A. Merrell [mailto:StagByTriumph at tscusa.org]
>>
>> But I did not go so far as to say Badge Engineered "for" who.  It
>> appears they may have been Badge Engineered "for" one or two Vanguard
>> models to carry a Vanguard badge?
>>     
>
> Well as Jonmac quite rightly says, ALL post war Triumphs were really
> Standards, with a less austere sounding company name. The Mk1 2000 went as
> far as having the same badge as the Vanguard on it's nose. Not quite badge
> engineering in the sense of what BMC was doing at the same time though. The
> 2000's body and chassis engineering wasn't common to another vehicle, while
> the Dolomite family tree was complicated enough in it's own right, without
> involving other companies,
> Cheers,
> Bill.
>   
I knew there was some rebadging somewhere with the 2000 name, but did 
not know which or whom. 

How about "reskinned" TR2 and TR3 chassis used by other manufacturers?

-- 
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!