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Postby Craig C » 27 Feb 2014 02:43

Thought I had seen most variations on the Tr7 theme until I stumbled across the following whilst having a meander through the interweb:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34709056@N08/3860804372/

The photo of interest is the white Broadside 2+2 in the bottom left hand corner.

Has anyone any info on the "nosecone" on that car? I've never seen any photos of it before. It certainly seems to "tidy up" the front end.

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Postby jclay (RIP 2018) » 27 Feb 2014 03:13

I like this one the best!

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Postby Craig C » 27 Feb 2014 03:25

I've had that image saved for a decade or so as well!

Even for someone who likes shorter noses it is very good looking.

But back to my question ;)

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Postby Workshop Help » 27 Feb 2014 12:00

Put the hardtop back on it with the standard Sprint motor and I'll bust open the piggy bank to pay cash for it.

Is it available in Wimbledon White with a tan interior?

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Postby RJS » 27 Feb 2014 14:43

Thanks for posting that picture. I had never seen that one before. That might have just replaced the viper as my favorite front end modification.

Is this a real car, or just photoshop?

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Postby FI Spyder » 27 Feb 2014 14:58

Never saw that TR8A front end before. Makes it look more modern, actually makes it look like a Ferrari type design on the front. One of the few front end designs I like although it does take it out of the "unique" category and into the "other people have done it" category.

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Postby Beans » 27 Feb 2014 18:57

<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 FI Spyder</i>

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Which never was any good, as a Ferrari = flattened FIAT over here [:p]

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Postby John Clancy » 28 Feb 2014 07:28

Pages 220 to 224 of David Knowles "TR7 The Untold Story". Anyone who doesn't have this book needs to get a copy. All the detail you could want on this last ditch Micho effort to get an updated TR7 style ready for 83/84 is in those pages.

The Broadside had a slightly longer wheelbase which was a half way house between a Lynx and a TR7. Norman Rose (Triumph Body Engineering Executive) still has the photos to prove it.

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Postby jclay (RIP 2018) » 08 Mar 2014 14:35

Found these:

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Postby Last TR » 08 Mar 2014 18:29

Clay,

The second one looks like the proposed MG version of the car. The first one must be the Jeep version!

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Postby Cobber » 09 Mar 2014 02:40

This one (the 5th car down in Clay's post) has absolutely nothing to do with Triumph.
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It's a Leyland Force 7V, by Leyland Australia.
There were only 8 pre production cars sold to the public at auction, one over in the UK for evaluation and one donated to a museum after Leyland Australia went t!ts up. @ 50 more were crushed!

These had a 4.4 litre V8 derived from the RV8.


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