*** Resending note of 08/23/96 08:09
Subject: TR3 Disk Brakes
On Fri, 23 Aug 1996 "Paul G. Wiegman" <pwiegman@ix.netcom.com>wrote:
> At the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix 3 TR3's turned up, all with disk brakes.
>I
> also
> have a TR3 with disk brakes with a commission number of 14551L. All the other
>s
> had
> commission numbers higher.
>
> The question is when the change was made from drums to disks, and what and
>where
> is the
> oldest disk brake TR3 in the US now ?
I have a '56 TR3, Commission # TS11871LO that has disk brakes. It might seem
from the installation that they were not installed on the assembly line.
OTOH the installation is VERY neat and professional.
There are three possibilities: 1) they were installed by one of the POs, (I
doubt this one) 2) they were installed by the dealer, or 3) (this was suggested
by none other than Ken Richardson) some cars were retrofitted by the factory
prior to delivery as special orders i.e. Cars destined for racing or rallying,
or as special orders for important (read: wealthy and/or famous) customers.
(I like this one. Surprise, surprise. Actually this is the best candidate as
there are several other features on this car that were "special".)
It's unlikely that I'll ever be able to prove which of these is true, but I'm
fairly certain that 11871 is too early for the start of the regular production
run. Does anyone know the "official" start of production? Andy Mace maybe?
In any case, it is a '56 and does have disks. FWIW.
Regards
Rik
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Rik Schlierer "Destiny does not send us heralds.
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