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4x4 tr8

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 12:22
by tr7sprint1
mention on another tr7/8 website. see link below:


http://boston.craigslist.org/sob/cto/1205932801.html




<b>"GETTING SPEED OUT OF A LOW POWERED CAR IS OFTEN MORE REWARDING, THAN WITH TIRE-SMOKING BRUTES" </b>

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 12:29
by jclay (RIP 2018)
There is sick [:p], and then there is <i>sick</i> [xx(]

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Posted: 05 Jun 2009 12:48
by Underdog
You know, I would mind so much if these people actually finished these creations. Always see them up for sale after the major butchery has been done but none of the details to actually make it driveable.

72 MGB BRG
80 TR8 Persian Aqua
If women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 13:12
by TR7Aaron
I like the front spoiler/valance panel on that car. I wouldn't mind having it on my car. The Bumper looks like a UK version too (but I might be wrong).

Aaron
1976 TR7 FHC (an ongoing project)
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Posted: 05 Jun 2009 14:15
by V8Wedgehead
I have known this particular car since 1986. It was refurbished back in 1998 with tons of $$$$$$$ (at least 20K). I was interesting to ride in and felt like a nightmare to drive with the short wheel base and narrow track! It spent almost 99% of its life in Plymouth, Mass. The front spoiler is part of a Rimmer Bros. body kit. I think they sell the front spoiler seperate from the kit? The front bumper is painted so it looks different but it still a US bumper.

Michael
1980 TR8 FHC/Works Rally Project
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If it is broken then fix it....if it is not then make it faster!"

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 14:43
by Henk
Know nothing about this car but i'm shure it's a fout wheel drive.

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Henk
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1980 TR7 US Convertible
1978 Mini Clubman Estate

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 17:18
by Periwinkle
Things that make you go "hmmmmmmmmmm."

and then "why?"

[V]

Sue
aka Peri

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Posted: 05 Jun 2009 17:37
by jclay (RIP 2018)
The mud car is painted green.

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Posted: 05 Jun 2009 19:21
by wedggie perrin
I remember years ago seeing a TR7 bodyshell on a modified Range Rover Chassis called "Strange Rover". did have a photo of it, but can I find it now. . . . . . . . .

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Posted: 05 Jun 2009 21:16
by bmcecosse
I LIKE the mud car!! Excellent.

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Posted: 06 Jun 2009 14:43
by Cobber
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by TR7Aaron</i>

I like the front spoiler/valance panel on that car. I wouldn't mind having it on my car. The Bumper looks like a UK version too (but I might be wrong).
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<font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="2">That front spoiler would be of more use on your car than where it is now! Seeing that the purpose of a front spoiler is to prevent air from getting under the car by redirecting it elsewhere so as not to cause aero dynamic lift. As that one is about 3 bloody feet from the ground it's not serving any useful purpose where it is! Although it is in with keeping with the rest of the car..... that is completely pointless!</font id="size2"></font id="Comic Sans MS">

80'Triumph TR7, , 73'Land Rover (Ford 351. V8),
'89 Ford Fairlane
85'Alfa 90, 69'Ford F250.
76' Ford F100

Posted: 06 Jun 2009 20:22
by tr8
Michael
It isn't a real TR8 coupe converted is it?

Paul

Posted: 06 Jun 2009 21:32
by PeterTR7V8
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by tr8</i>

Michael
It isn't a real TR8 coupe converted is it?

Paul
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Nope, single bulge bonnet.

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Never say die. At least not while you're still breathing.

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 05:33
by Last TR
Maybe this is the one Wedggie Perrin is thinking of, from Chris Harvey's book, TR for Triumph. The caption reads "One man's idea of a TR8, a TR7 with a strong Range Rover influence, picture in British off-road racing in 1983."

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Ken
Anchorage, Alaska
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1980 TR8, 1973 TR6, 1965 Volvo PV544, 1958 MGA, Jeep Cherokees

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 16:03
by V8Wedgehead
TR8-
It is a 1977 TR7 Coupe. Nothing special. I will say back in 1998 it had a tone of work done to it, paint, body kit, interior and engine detailing. I sold him/them about half of the NLA parts from many parts cars I chopped up.

Michael
1980 TR8 FHC/Works Rally Project
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If it is broken then fix it....if it is not then make it faster!"