Talk:Triumph TR7

message: I have provided several references for the factory being named "Speke", both officially and in general usage. While, geographically speaking, the Speke No.1 and Speke No.2 plants may have been located between the nearby suburbs of Hunts Cross and Speke, IMHO, it is better, to avoid confusion, to refer to factories and similar facilities by their official name, even when it could be argued that it is geographically inaccurate. Letdorf (talk) 12:34, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Speke vs. Hunts Cross 

message: I have put a flag in the section on convertibles to the effect that a citation is needed for the legislation that prevented the TR7 being available initially as a drop head coupe. 
It also wants some further editing, since the wording is currently confusing. The confusing phrase is “Because of US legislation in places at the time of its launch”. The confusion is whether this means that there was “US legislation in place at the time of its launch” or that there was “US legislation in some places at the time of its launch” is unclear. In any case it was always my understanding that this was proposed/threatened rollover legislation not actually ever in place ; BL did not make the drop head until it went away, to avoid tooling up for a car they might not be able to sell. 
I’d try to resolve this myself, but haven’t time, so I’ve flagged the statement so readers might realize that it is uncertain, if not actually disputed.
Graham.Fountain | Talk 12:43, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I clarified the sentence in question, but it still needs a citation. Oh wait, I may have one in my library, WBB.  Mr.choppers | ✎  14:59, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  US legislation against convertibles 

message: I don't understand what the 'TR7 V8' is. The article says the obvious of it being a TR7 with the Rover 3.5 L V8. How does that differ from the coupe version of the TR8? There are possible hints that the TR7 V8 is a rally car (ie not a production road vehicle) or possibly pre-production examples of the TR8 but neither is very clear. Any clues?  Stepho  talk  13:07, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The rally cars were designated TR7 V8 as at that time the designation TR8 was not in use. Various post-sale conversions of TR7s have been made by fitting the V8 engine into it, but that does not change it officially into a TR8, even if it is identical to a production TR8. RGCorris (talk) 15:01, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

text: The preproduction TR8s built at speke at the same time as the TR7 Sprints and first DHC's were also called the TR7V8. I'm not certain when or where from, but there's an article in one of the club magazines about the US dealers asking that this not be the name for the production cars. This, it was claimed, was because of the TR7s poor reputation at the time. I'm sure I can chase up where that's from if need be. It might be interesting to get a V55 from one of the cars that stayed in the UK and see what they were called on that, especially as at least some of the TR7 Sprints were registered as TR7 4 Valves. Is there a US equivalent of the DVLA's V55 application for registration form? Graham.Fountain | Talk 19:57, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Here registration is done by the various states, and all systems are a) different and b) badly kept. People self-report the names of their cars, so no real way to tell.  Mr.choppers | ✎  13:50, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  TR7 V8 

message: The article states: "During development, the TR7 was referred to by the code name "Bullet". Rumours that it was earmarked as a possible replacement for the MGB are unfounded." Just after it, anonymous IP 68.209.172.80 added the following:
:I'm not altogether sure that was the case. There were two possible options available to Donald Stokes -- the TR7 or the MG Magna. I saw both clay bucks in the Longbridge styling studio and and in all deference to Harris Mann who I had the pleasure of working with, the MG Magna was in my opinion the much better design. However Stokes' preference was for Triumph and the TR7 was to become the new BL sports car.
I figured that such a commentary would be better on the talk the page instead of in the article itself.  Stepho  talk  06:28, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  TR7 vs MG Magna