TRF sells the blanking plate. I'm sure it is not listed in their catalog,
but I got
one a few months ago for my TR4A. Just as you described, a steel plate
wrapped
in the proper texture material. The cost was around $10 as I recall....
Dave Herr - www.innernet.net/dherr/index.htm
73 Stag
65 TR4A
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> From: ArthurK101@aol.com
> To: dsforza@megahits.com; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: TR-4 Parts wanted
> Date: Saturday, August 02, 1997 1:06 AM
>
> In a message dated 97-08-01 21:31:37 EDT, you write:
>
> > Art, I would be interested in the Blanking Plate. I have a radio cutout
> that
> > I've blanked up with some vinyl. But a "real" blanking plate would be
> nice.
> >
> > How much?
>
> Don, this is becoming an interesting thread. When I picked up my car (at
the
> factory) it had no radio. I had been warned that it would be stolen on
the
> ship to the U.S. so I had not ordered one. The car had a blanking plate.
> About a week after I picked up the car in Bayonne NJ (two months after I
> bought it), I had a radio installed with a "radio plate" that I had
obtained
> from a dealer. I threw away the blanking plate. Who would have thought
that
> 33 years later, the blanking plate would be a topic of discussion.
>
> What it was was a simple steel plate, finished in wrinkle black, which
was
> bolted onto the console and fit in the same place as the "radio plate"
for
> the radio. The plate for the radio had the same dimensions, but had a
hole
> for the radio in it. The dimensions were such that either plate covered
the
> same space and did not stick out on the sides of the console. The
blanking
> plate made the console look completely closed.
>
> It was no big deal at the time but I have gotten 4 or 5 messages on it in
the
> last month.
>
> I have not seen one in any catlogues. Maybe some vendor has one for sale
but
> you could make one from steel or aluminum. I have a picture of the
console
> with the "blanking plate" which I could fax to you if you'd like. BUT if
you
> have the radio plate:
>
> 1) Make a "blind" (blanking) plate of the same dimensions
>
> 2) Paint it wrinkle black
>
> 3) Install it AND
>
> 4) Keep the "radio" plate you have for later on or to sell to someone
who
> wants to install a radio. Cheers
>
> Art Kelly '64TR4 CT33118L (original owner)
> VTR TR4 vehicle consultant
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