Alec Pringle Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 Amazing what you find by chance on the 'net, this is one car I haven't come across before . . . http://www.race-cars.com/carsales/other/12...203908180ss.htm It looks like quite some piece of kit ! Cheers, Alec Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vivdownunder Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 This known car belongs to a TRR Oz member. I was asking the owner (in the cap) back in 2005 if it was for sale, but he was still enjoying racing it. The GM supercharger mounted ahead of the engine is a sight to behold. Cheers, Viv Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don Elliott Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 A TR3 ? With what kind of TR3 frame ? SOLID ROUND TUBE TR3 REPLICA CHASSIS At least it lists a TR engine :- TS 16205E Do you suppose that this is enough to call it a TR3 ? Viv - You saw it. What do you say ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vivdownunder Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Hi Don, Sorry I overlooked acknowledging your big day a few weeks back. 50 years of continuous ownership is a very big milestone. Did a telegram arrive from the Queen, or is 60 years of ownership the marker for a gong ?. I didn't take a good look at the Taylor-Males chassis, but according to a Register mate in our state of Tasmania where it was built, a wrecked TR3 was the basis for the car. It certainly has a normal TR tower front suspension because what caught my eye was how they obtained negative camber on the front wheels. The upper inner fulcrum pins had the four fixing bolts removed, and were welded onto the top of the towers further inboard. I thought that to be a pretty agricultural piece of engineering, but then again it has hung together for many decades of racing. Best regards, Viv. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don Elliott Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 I friend in Calgary machined two adapter plates from aluminium and these are bolted to the tops of the towers. There is something on the top of the adapters where the upper parts are now bolted, but these can slide, possibly in a track or tracks - via adjusting screws, much like a tool base on a lathe, in and out then it all gets tightened down. He also reversed his cast iron lower wishbone side-arms up-side-down to lower the car. Very nice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TR 2100 Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 what caught my eye was how they obtained negative camber on the front wheels. The upper inner fulcrum pins had the four fixing bolts removed, and were welded onto the top of the towers further inboard. I thought that to be a pretty agricultural piece of engineering, but then again it has hung together for many decades of racing. A lot of trouble to go to when all you need to do is shorten the top wishbones, cut out the appropriate amount of metal and re-weld. I wonder if the 'tube' chassis has any element of re-design, as in an attempt to improve the chassis, or was it just using steel tube as a convenient way to replace the damaged chassis sections? AlanR Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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