Anyone interested in TR7/8 development?

O series · Postby **O series** » 18 Dec 2012 07:20

Its taken a while but I have finally started writing up those records of the final years of the Canley TR7, and TR8 development fleet, and its disposal;

http://www.canleyclassics.com/?xhtml=xh ... alcars.xsl

The O series cars, the final development

Neil_W · Postby **Neil_W** » 18 Dec 2012 08:04

What a nice piece of work & I think all fans of the TR7 / 8 will follow your progress on recording this important information.
Finishes off the info after the Bill Piggot info.

Know it takes time to record all the info - it will be appreciated by the TR 7 / 8 community [:D]

seven · Postby **seven** » 18 Dec 2012 08:23

And totally worth every long hour you will spend at your desk for all of us [;)]

Seven

Triumph TR7 DHC
Triumph 2.5 Estate
Bentley Eight
Renault Laguna Estate
Mercedes 320SLK
Jaguar X-Type Estate
Kawasaki GPZ

The car is unable to handle my driving capabilities

birminghamtr7 · Postby **birminghamtr7** » 18 Dec 2012 08:30

fantastic work very intereting

if you factor in the earth's rotation, we are all speeding

TR Tony · Postby **TR Tony** » 18 Dec 2012 11:00

Wow - that is amazing. My car is on there, and I recognise the registration of quite a few others.

Going to be fascinating to follow this. Thanks so much.

Tony

1981 TR7 FHC Cavalry Blue
1980 TR7V8 DHC Jaguar Regency Red - sadly sold!
1977 TR8 FHC EFI Factory development car Inca Yellow

tr7jim · Postby **tr7jim** » 18 Dec 2012 16:05

O series,

Excellant article, keep up the good work

Jim Johnson

john 215 · Postby **john 215** » 18 Dec 2012 17:57

Hi,

[:D] WELCOME TO THE BEST TR7 / 8 FORUM IN THE WORLD EVER [8D]

Very intresting stuff [8D] thank you for sharing with us. I was on the TRDC stand at the N.E.C. and got chatting to a gent who has a MGB ( sorry for the bad language [:p] ) with an 'O' series in it as fitted by the factory, apparently they made several all but his destroyed during crash testing. Intresting his is fitted with fuel injection too, did give him my email address but nothing yet.

Also found this facinating read too -

http://www.canleyclassics.com/?xhtml=xh ... alcars.xsl

Anyone ever seen any pictures of under the bonnet of one of these turbo O series TR7's [?]

Cheers John

LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!

1976 Speke FHC Beauty

1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6,ON THE ROAD NOW KICKING AR5E !!!!

FI Spyder · Postby **FI Spyder** » 18 Dec 2012 18:21

Important work. All this stuff should be memorialized as it is so easy for it to slip through the cracks to be lost forever.

- - -TR7 Spider - - - 1978 Spitfire- - - - 1976 Spitfire - - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra - Yellow TCT

silverseven · Postby **silverseven** » 19 Dec 2012 00:55

what an amazing read, can't wait for the follow up !

Welcome to the site !

Ron.

O series · Postby **O series** » 20 Dec 2012 07:15

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by john 215

Hi,

[:D] WELCOME TO THE BEST TR7 / 8 FORUM IN THE WORLD EVER [8D]

Anyone ever seen any pictures of under the bonnet of one of these turbo O series TR7's [?]

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I have listed the negative numbers in the Heritage archive in the article

The O series cars, the final development

TR Tony · Postby **TR Tony** » 20 Dec 2012 08:33

I spoke to the Heritage Centre about 18 months ago regarding getting prints from their negative library.

IIRC the cost for a full size print (10 x 8?) was Â£25. They would also supply as hi res JPEG for the same cost, as long as it was for personal use only (i.e. no commercial reproduction). The very helpful lady I spoke to did however send me a few thumbnails free of charge, as a kind of preview to ensure that the pictures in question were what I wanted.

Thanks for the further details, it is a fascinating record. Looking forward to the next instalment[:)]

Tony

1981 TR7 FHC Cavalry Blue
1980 TR7V8 DHC Jaguar Regency Red - sadly sold!
1977 TR8 FHC EFI Factory development car Inca Yellow

John Wood · Postby **John Wood** » 20 Dec 2012 15:38

I've always wondered if any cars escaped with an "O" series engine, obviously not. It would be good to convert one back to an "O" series, has anyone got anything on a heritage certificate mentioning such fitment?

Many cars were registered by the factory in 1982 with concurrent Coventry registration numbers (AAC, YAC etc.), I wonder whether these were the "O" series cars?

1977 TR7 Sprint

tr7jim · Postby **tr7jim** » 20 Dec 2012 17:17

John,

I think most of the block cars were just registered and than sold off to boost cars sales.

The common ones are AAC???X, KON???W YAC???X

I have owned KON169W Argent Silver FHC and YAC166X Silver Leaf DHC fitted with a V8.

Jim

HowardB · Postby **HowardB** » 21 Dec 2012 04:54

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by tr7jim

I have owned KON169W Argent Silver FHC and YAC166X Silver Leaf DHC fitted with a V8.

Jim
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I own the next one, YAC167X, which is still very much on the road

Howard

TR Tony · Postby **TR Tony** » 21 Dec 2012 13:56

Dave, on your webpage you ask if anyone is interested in the 2V engine cars on the engineering fleet.

Well I for one would love to see that info. I agree your typing finger deserves a rest over the festive break, but maybe you can return to the final instalment in the New Year.

Many thanks for all you have done so far.

Tony

1981 TR7 FHC Cavalry Blue
1980 TR7V8 DHC Jaguar Regency Red - sadly sold!
1977 TR8 FHC EFI Factory development car Inca Yellow

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