Author Topic: SOLVED: Djetset #24 - Triumph TR7 fixed light rally car proposal by BL Works Team (Read 4468 times)

Djetset · « **Reply #50 on:** January 15, 2010, 10:17:44 AM »

Ah, now we're getting somewhere!

Allemano · « **Reply #51 on:** January 15, 2010, 10:19:07 AM »

TR7 V8 rally car?

Djetset · « **Reply #52 on:** January 15, 2010, 12:53:31 PM »

You're getting much closer now, as this is a TR7 rally car. So, now do you know why this is the way it is?

Allemano · « **Reply #53 on:** January 15, 2010, 01:13:58 PM »

The TR7 was built until 1981. The WRC Group B started in 1982... Was it a stillborn TR7 Group B project?

Djetset · « **Reply #54 on:** January 18, 2010, 02:30:08 PM »

No, it's not that.

Interestingly although the production of the TR7 ended in 1981, the last examples registered (sold) in the UK were as late as 1986!

Allemano · « **Reply #55 on:** January 18, 2010, 02:34:09 PM »

factory team car?

Djetset · « **Reply #56 on:** January 18, 2010, 02:35:25 PM »

Yes, although not 100% certain if it ever actually raced in this format, but don't think it did.

Allemano · « **Reply #57 on:** January 18, 2010, 02:41:38 PM »

From the late seventies?

Djetset · « **Reply #58 on:** January 18, 2010, 02:52:40 PM »

Crossed over from very late 1970s into the early 1980s.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #59 on:** January 19, 2010, 05:07:15 AM »

For what it's worth, if you're looking for this car on the web, don't click on this site - it's virus-laden:

hxxp://www.tr7-tr8.com/

"http" modified to prevent accidental clicking.

Djetset · « **Reply #60 on:** January 25, 2010, 07:55:31 AM »

Thanks for the health warning tip Otto. I've never seen this car on the web, but then again I'n not quite as skilled at searching for things as some of our fellow puzzlers!

Allemano · « **Reply #61 on:** January 25, 2010, 08:01:27 AM »

Quote from: Djetset on January 25, 2010, 07:55:31 AM

I've never seen this car on the web, but then again I'n not quite as skilled at searching for things as some of our fellow puzzlers!

I've searched through the most comprehesive source on the Net for Austin & Rover cars, but as you already pointed out — it's not there! $:-\$

Djetset · « **Reply #62 on:** January 26, 2010, 12:45:29 PM »

I've seen photos of this car twice; once in a magazine in the late 1970s, and another in a book more recently (from which the puzzle photo was taken).

guido66 · « **Reply #63 on:** May 30, 2010, 08:10:51 AM »

Was is modified to make room for an inline six?

Djetset · « **Reply #64 on:** June 07, 2010, 06:37:36 PM »

No, not that.

guido66 · « **Reply #65 on:** July 10, 2010, 01:13:22 PM »

four wheel drive?

ImpishGrin · « **Reply #66 on:** July 14, 2010, 05:05:05 AM »

TR7 made for rallycross?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #67 on:** July 14, 2010, 05:14:15 AM »

Quote from: Djetset on March 17, 2009, 04:21:33 AM

Shame, because you'll kick yourself when the answer is revealed. Sleep on it, and maybe the answer will come to you.

Been sleeping for over a year - and still no revelation!

Djetset · « **Reply #68 on:** July 19, 2010, 03:08:25 PM »

It's not four-wheel-drive, and not made specifically for rally cross, more for rallying. So, any more ideas, or back to sleep for a while longer?

guido66 · « **Reply #69 on:** July 20, 2010, 05:26:55 PM »

mid-engined?

Djetset · « **Reply #70 on:** July 21, 2010, 02:39:18 AM »

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #71 on:** July 21, 2010, 05:28:37 AM »

Perhaps a fuel economy rally, versus a speed / distance rally.

Djetset · « **Reply #72 on:** July 21, 2010, 05:40:44 AM »

Hmm, not quite, but you've used a couple of interesting words there (fuel economy, rally). Now there's a BIG clue!!

guido66 · « **Reply #73 on:** July 21, 2010, 12:51:42 PM »

Design for long distance rallies like Paris-Dakar?

Djetset · « **Reply #74 on:** July 21, 2010, 12:54:47 PM »

Not that.

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