[TR] Flat towing a TR3

[Rye Livingston]

I don't know if he discounted the driveshaft, but look up Hardy Prentice.
Hardy prentice Triumph TR3
You'll see photos when he won the SCCA Championship in 1997, in a TR3.  At Triumphest back in 2014 I think it was, his car was on display in the lobby, and in his photo presentation, he flat towed the TR3 all over the US behind his Jaguar XKE coup, with all his tools and tires and floor jack, stuffed in both cars.

Rye

On Mar 28, 2019, at 07:05 PM, Art McEwen <amcewen2 at cogeco.ca> wrote:

I read somewhere where this wasn't possible without disconnecting the driveshaft due to, I think, a bearing in the gearbox or O/D that doesn't get lubricated without the gearbox in gear.   But I've also read reports of Kas Kasner and his contemporaries routinely flat towing to the race track.    Which is true?  Both?  Neither?  Or is Kas forgetting he used to disconnect the driveshaft at the end of the weekend?

I've seen several MGBs (different gearbox design?) and MX5s being flat towed behind RVs, I know the MX5 manual says it's a no-no.

Just wondering.

Art '60 TR3A.
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