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SOLVED - What car #319 - 1970s Triad
« on: June 18, 2008, 06:00:34 PM »
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Re: What car #319
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2008, 07:27:25 AM »
How to ruin a Z240 in one swoop.

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Re: What car #319
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2008, 06:58:01 AM »
I think this was called the Triad

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Re: What car #319
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2008, 12:30:57 PM »
Yes, it was! But now I've lost track of where I found the pic, so I don't have any further information at this point...
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Re: SOLVED - What car #319 - 1970s Triad
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2008, 03:40:38 AM »
I was waiting for this.....
the Triad was made by SIE out of Santa Ana, California.Built on a shortened (by 4″) beetle chassis, it sold for under three thousand dollars and was quite advanced in design. Although it could be built using only hand tools (not including shortening the VW chassis) in about eighty hours, rather than being a single piece body like most kits of the time, it was made of of ten outer panels attached to a set of inner panels which bolted to the chassis.A specific top speed was never claimed, but it was said to be capable of — and stable at — speeds in excess of 185 kph, even on a stock VW engine.


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« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2010, 06:39:47 PM »
Wich car is this? for one point

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Re: SOLVED - What car #319 - 1970s Triad
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2010, 04:39:44 AM »
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