Al that hard work has not gone unnoticed the TR3 has won the modified class at Vancouver’s All-British Field Meet three times and has been featured in magazines and Triumph-dedicated books. It took 2,860 logged hours of labour for him to complete his very special vintage Triumph TR3 sports car. Schultz also integrated the Nissan’s rear disc brakes and grafted Toyota 4Runner front discs to make as much stopping power as go power. “This gives the car 70 per cent more power with 70 per cent fewer emissions than the original car,” he said.
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The Nissan engine coupled to its five-speed manual transmission delivers 170 horsepower through the limited-slip differential. “The manager of the yard was my unofficial sponsor,” Schultz said.
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When the owner learned what Schultz was doing, he told him he could have anything he wanted for free. He went to an auto wrecking yard in Surrey in search of mechanical components. Article content A fuel-injected engine from a 1990s Nissan 240SX gives the customized Triumph TR3A more power, better reliability and 70 per cent fewer emissions. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. This proved to be an invaluable experience. Schultz rebuilt the motor and suspension, and restored the frame as part of his Grade 12 shop experience in high school. so he bought it and set about restoring it. Undeterred, Schultz discovered a 1957 Triumph TR3 advertised for sale in a Buy and Sell newspaper that had been taken apart. Sadly, he quickly determined his rusted-out car was beyond economic and practical repair. One day, the local garbage collector knocked on the door and said: “I think you will need this.” He handed Schultz an original, well-thumbed and greasy factory manual for the car. He then began the task of disassembling the rusty sports car, teaching himself as he went along. Schultz then spent days freeing up the wheels so they would turn and pushed the car home with assistance from school friends. “Well, I guess that will have to do then,” the owner said with a chuckle and a grin, according to Schultz. So one Sunday, behind closed doors using a die grinder and hacksaw, he cut the body in half right down the middle. But when he did the measurements, the newer chassis was too wide for the older TR3 body - by 10 centimetres. He decided to modernize the half-century old sports car by using the chassis from a 1970s Triumph TR6 which has independent rear suspension, rack and pinion steering and better handling qualities. “I had already restored one TR3 way back in my youth and didn’t want to do that again so I decided to modify this car,” explains Schultz, a metal and woodwork instructor who teaches future high school shop teachers at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.Īlso read: Classic Dodge Monaco is a 48-year-old family heirloom
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That’s because Schultz cut the body in half lengthwise, added 10 centimetres in width and then hammer-welded it back together. In fact, this upgraded Triumph is four inches wider than when it left the factory.