1500 FWD AUTO

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Jod Clark
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1500 FWD AUTO

#1 Post by Jod Clark »

How rare is a 1500 FWD Auto? Does anyone know how many were made or how many exist today?

help!!

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Lewis

#2 Post by Lewis »

A FWD auto? I was unaware a transmission layout of that type even existed! (In the Triumph range...)

Any more details on that? :D
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#3 Post by Jod Clark »

thats what I hought. I reckon it might be a TC Auto. I'm enquiring on behalf of RAF Al(gtj) Williams, he thinks he's found such a device...

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1300dolly

#4 Post by 1300dolly »

nope there were no fwd autos made (well triumph 1500 anyway)
will be a 1500 TC rear drive or a homemade job.
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#5 Post by george »

no such thing, only maxis had 1.5 and an auto box underneath
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I agree

#6 Post by Jon Tilson »

The absence of auto from a range addressed to the older downsizing retiring bank manager cleintelle was a bit of a nono...and a major reason for going to the 1500TC rwd platform.
ISTR autocar commenting on same at the time..
So a lot of 1500TC's were auto...the dolomite being too sporty for some...

Maxi autos are Cool george...think they were also available in 1750, the AP 4 speeder IIRC

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MalcGE

#7 Post by MalcGE »

Put my money on it being a 1500TC RWD Auto from the 'pre Dolomite' range consolidation and common badging theme of 76.

Maxi AP Jonners? Borg Warner nec pas, my like of Autos' has been a bit dented just recently, Jag, Complicated and Expensive all go toghether
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george

#8 Post by george »

maxi did indeed use 4 speed ap boxes and yes it was also available on the 1750

as for 1500 tc being mostly autos not as far as i remember in fact the autos were quite rare
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1300mash

#9 Post by 1300mash »

If anyone wants a Maxi, there's a really nice one sat on my dad's drive at the moment....Owner bought my Dolly 1300.

41000 miles only, 1750cc 5-speed

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