Bill - Many years ago (sometime during the last century) Ken Gillanders told
me that someone in California made a front apron with the wide grille and
the Brits liked it so much, it was adopted for the TR3A (which back then was
still called a TR3). When I bought my 1958 TR3A brand new in May 1959 the
paperwork read TR3 - not TR3A.
Don Elliott, Original Owner, Montreal
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From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of BillDentin@aol.com
Sent: November-06-13 4:11 PM
To: dlhogye@comcast.net; fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] TR3 Prices
In a message dated 11/05/2013 8:32:18 PM Central Standard Time,
dlhogye@comcast.net writes:
> And, recently, for whatever auction prices do for the collector car
> market,
> good or bad, a perfectly restored small mouth TR3 went for $55,000.00.
> I have my TR3 race car insured for $30K
Amici...
I share Dave's position that the early, small mouthed version is the more
desirable TR3. Probably because I've owned and raced one for some
thirty-three years, but more than that...I think it's style is classic. The
way I
understand it...Standard Triumph changed the small mouthed TR3 grill to the
wide TR3A version because they saw that American cars at the time all had
wide
grills. The change was made in an effort to attract more American buyers.
If that story is so, I always thought that they had shot themselves in the
foot. Back in the 1950s, any American who was going to purchase a 'Foreign'
car sure wanted it to look 'Foreign' and not American. But the sales were
pretty good, so who knows.
Bill Dentinger
PS I also agree with Duncan that Grandpa should consider carefully the
impact a 'gift' or even 'cut rate pricing' might have on his grandson. On
the
one hand getting something for nothing can cause you to lose sight of the
value. Some grandsons could handle such issues just fine. Others not so
much.
Grandpa might consider financing the deal. Dealing with the debt has
great educational value, and Grandpa can always forgive the debt, or a
portion
of it when and if that becomes appropriate. Shirley and I recently sold a
very low mileage 1995 Taurus to one of our grandsons for one dollar. He
needed a car and was up against the wall financially (college debt). He
really
appreciated our gesture. Within two weeks it had a brand new awesome radio
and sound system, but I still don't have my dollar. At some time, when it
becomes appropriate, we can always forgive the debt. In the mean time it
makes for GREAT family dinner table discussion.
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