History of 1969 TR6 #44

Car was built around 1986 by Scott
Gibbons of Mercer Island. Unsure of the early history, but was on the cover of
the November 1987 Palm Springs GP III. The car was entered in the 1st PNW
Historics in 1989 and had won its class. At that time it was owned by Dave
Freiboth.

The car sat for several years until
purchased from Ted Boscovitch in 1999. The car was mechanically restored at
that time with the body being lifted off and work done to the chassis. The car
was repainted in 2004, at which time several modifacations were done, closing
up the window channels on the doors, closing up the windshield mount holes,
installing a dash pad, returning the original trim to the car. The car was
built to C Production vintage race specs using mostly original parts.

The car was prepared to C production
specs, but was running with Weber carbs which weren’t homolgated at that time.
It ran 1 year with the triple Weber carb set-up. The car had several types of
twin carbs run on it until it was modified to run on petrol injection.

The car ran on P.I. for several
years, very successfully. The car then was changed to run on triple Stromberg
carbs and performed fairly well with that set-up. The car has been returned to
the Weber carb set up, that was originally purchased with the car. The original
block and head is now back in the car.

The car has a close ratio Triumph
gearbox, a Trans-X LSD 3.70 rear differential, and Corvair axel stubs, a period
correct upgrade to the stock axels. Chassis has been reinforced at the rack
mounts, front lower A-arm mounts, custom roll bar mounts, mimicing the body
mounts, gussets at the frame near the swing arm mounts, reinforced rear
differential mounts, and strengtened shock mount crossmember.

The front suspension has been
modified to lower with use of standard sport springs, has anti-sway bar and
adjustable Gaz shocks, and quick steering rack with solid mounts. The stub
axels have been modified to extra thick diameter and the hubs have been
replaced with aluminum units.

The rear suspension uses Triumph
Sport springs, adjustable camber swing arm mounts, adjustable Armstrong shocks
(modified by World Wide Auto Parts) and an adjustable rear anti-sway bar. All
the bushings have been upgraded to a poly type or solid mounts.

The brakes use stock master cylinder
and booster, incorporate copper-nickel lines and ss flex hoses, stock front
calipers which feature copper heat sinks between the piston and the pads as
well as air ducting from the front apron, pads are Porterfield R-4. The rear
have been upgraded to 7/8” wheel cylinders, Porterfield R-4 relined shoes and
finned aluminum drums.

The engine features a steel billet
crankshaft which is 8 lbs lighter than stock, has bell shaped counter weights
(12) and dummy main bearings and easily revs to 7k rpm. The current cam is a D9
by Delta cams, with a Vernier timing gear, 2 piece timing cover for adjusting
cam timing. The head is a stage3 modifacation by Progressive Automotive which
is about a 12:1 cr. It has 1.65:1 roller rocker arms with TR5 double valve
springs. The engine wears a cast aluminum finned oil pan by Bastuck and a
lightweight steel flywheel by Cambridge and has been modified to fit a Tilton 7
¼” clutch with a custom throw-out bearing. The oil filter is a spin on type
with an oil cooler with SS hoses. Car has a Fuel Safe bladder installed in a
stock TR6 tank shell, double ender fuel pump and swirl tank.

The car was featured in the June
2009 issue of Triumph World and has been shown on the cover of the Vintage
Drift (SOVREN magazine) and other local publications several times. The car has
taken 6 first place, 3 second place, and 3 third place class wins in the 20
years it ran in SOVREN.

Several of the modifications and
upgrades were guided by Kas Kastener, who was very supportive of using the PI
setup.

Spares include: 4.10 Trans-X diff,
4-speed tranny, SU carbs & manifold, extra cam, set of wheels w/Hoosier H2O
tires, extra bonnet (not lightened), and misc extra parts.

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