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<DIV>I have considered doing the same with my TR3.....especially on days when I
contemplate the low compression in one cylinder.</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mhooper@indiefilmnet.com
href="mailto:mhooper@indiefilmnet.com">Mark Hooper</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 22, 2015 11:06 PM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [TR] Vintage cars ripe for electric conversion. Stag
mention</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman,times,serif">Here is an interesting
photonote on cars ripe for conversion to electric. The text specifically
mentioned the </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
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Triumph Stag. Here's the link: </SPAN><SPAN
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text on the Triumph slide reads "There is no list of world’s worst cars that
fails to include the Triumph Stag. It’s a shame, really; the Stag’s reputation
for reliability, or profound lack thereof, has obscured its aesthetic goodness,
which is considerable. The big semi-convertible was created to compete with the
vaunted Mercedes SL and, like most Triumphs of the era, arrived with a gorgeous
shape penned by Giovanni Michellotti, whose previous efforts included the
Ferrari 166 MM and the BMW 2002. It’s handsome from the outside and handsome
from the inside, and it drives well, too. When it drives, that is.
Unfortunately, the car’s Triumph-designed 3-litre V8 was a bona fide disaster,
and as a result, the general public remembers the car in much the same way it
remembers New Coke and Microsoft Bob. But there is a solution: excise that
woeful engine, transmission and fuel system. What’s left? The good
stuff."</SPAN></DIV>
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have always like the looks of the Stag. The electric option is an interesting
one. What say the massed minds of the list; would it work? I recall that many
earlier conversions just put a single DC motor in place of the gasoline
engine. That would leave the original automatic transmission of the Stag still
in place. Sounds like a bad idea. I wonder if they have direct hub motors
available now?</SPAN></DIV>
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