[TR] 81 TR7 question

[Randall]

Could it have been originally delivered n another country? Maybe Canada, or a "self-import" from the UK.

I found a Coventry-made tractor on Craigslist, some little town in Indiana, even though North American versions were supposed to be built in Dearborn. No idea how it got there, but seems to be the real deal.
-- Randall

On 4 September 2019 19:38:23 GMT-05:00, Jim Henningsen <trguy75 at gmail.com> wrote:
>Thanks all for the feedback.  I was pretty sure 85 was the max speedo
>limit on those.  The seller of an 81 tr7 is claiming 6000 orig miles
>and it looks like it judging by the one year only velour but the speedo
>is a 140 so I question the validity despite the condition. 
>Jim
>
>Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Sep 4, 2019, at 7:56 PM, Stan Foster <stan at redtr6.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Aha!. I recall with my old Morris 1000 the speedo topped out at 80mph
>but there was no stop for the speedo needle so the old joke was doing
>"half a tank" downhill as the fuel gauge was inset at the bottom of the
>speedo gauge. Half a tank would be around 100mph.
>> From: Darrell Walker <darrellw360 at mac.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 4, 2019 7:46:11 PM
>> To: Stan Foster <stan at redtr6.com>
>> Cc: Triumphs <triumphs at autox.team.net>
>> Subject: Re: [TR] 81 TR7 question
>>  
>> 
>> The display was limited.  Meaning 85 was the highest number allowed
>to display.  The regulation also required that 55 be called out in some
>fashion.  Note that some makers put tick marks beyond 85, just without
>any numbers.
>> 
>>> On Sep 4, 2019, at 4:41 PM, Stan Foster <stan at redtr6.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> What method was used to limit the TR7 speed to 85mph ?
>>> 
>>> Stan
>>> From: Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of
>Darrell Walker <darrellw360 at mac.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 4, 2019 7:27:31 PM
>>> To: Triumphs <triumphs at autox.team.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [TR] 81 TR7 question
>>>  
>>> 
>>> 
>>> > On Sep 4, 2019, at 4:25 PM, Darrell Walker <darrellw360 at mac.com>
>wrote:
>>> > 
>>> > 
>>> > By the way, the regulation was enacted on September 1, 1979, and
>eliminated on October 22, 1981.  I believe any US market 81 cars were
>produced that late.
>>> 
>>> I meant to say “I doubt any US market 81 cars were produced that
>late”.
>>> 
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