I agree with Bill.
My racecar TR3 is TS 22312L, one of the first 300 widemouth cars built.
However, it has the two budget locks holding the bootlid closed and no
handle on the center key lock, similar to the TR2s and smallmouth TR3s. It
appears to be the original bootlid.
I think Triumph used up what they had on the shelf without thinking (or
caring) that this would cause heated arguments between enthusiasts 40 years
later. It is not realistic to think that Triumph would be absolutely strict
about change points when you see these anomalies.
Bill Piggott makes references to several of these anomalies in Triumph by
Name, Triumph by Nature. He knows of even more, but didn't have the room to
fit them all in the book. Many occur around the TS60000 changes.
John
>From: BillDentin@aol.com
>Reply-To: BillDentin@aol.com
>To: Group44TR7@aol.com, tr3a@att.net
>CC: fot@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Interesting Difference of Opinion About TR2 and TR3 Small
>Mouth Apron?
>Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 09:51:58 EDT
>
>In a message dated 05/26/2003 7:23:02 PM Central Daylight Time,
>Group44TR7@aol.com writes:
>
>
> >
> >
> > I am getting two very different answers here. One which states
>that
> > they are exactly the same except for the placement of the grill and
>other
> > believing there was a significant difference between the two.
> >
> > Not sure what to tell the person who made the inquiry other than
>I do
> >
> > not have the expertise to differentiate a TR2 from a TR3 small mouth
>apron.
> >
>
>Cary:
>
>Just between us girls, it can be very frustrating to articulate the
>differences between the various versions of each of the TRIUMPH models.
>Especially to
>some long time 'one-owners'. I can remember standing near a very loud and
>heated argument between two late TR3A owners at an early VTR (NATC
>actually)
>convention. Both had owned their cars since new. Both had subtle trim
>differences. Both said, "Mine's right and yours is wrong." I think we can
>describe
>what is PROPER for a particular model, but to be sure, there was some
>inconsistency. Maybe some dealers took liberties for whatever reason, but
>as a matter of
>fact, it seems obvious to me that a few TRIUMPH models were built with
>whatever was on the shelf that particular day. I think this might be
>particularly
>true at the end of the TR2 run and the end of the TR3 run. Who knows...but
>life is too short to argue about it. Your car has a race history. Sounds
>like
>the bucket is original, but I'll bet it has ALL SORTS of non original parts
>on
>it.
>
>Bill Dentinger
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