DLMAssoc@aol.com wrote:
>
> The answer is, it depends...
>
> Both the TR3 and TR4 share very similar and sometimes identical components.
> The 3s leak, the top will blow off in a storm, and the steering is heavier
> at parking lot speeds. But they look great and I love the cut down doors.
> However, the side curtains can be a pain and there's little enough room in
> the boot for them and anything else.
>
> The TR4 top stays up and generally keeps water out, the roll up windows are
> nice to have, the steering is much lighter and you can actually put stuff in
> the trunk. Much more civilized, at least by 1963 standards.
>
> Either car seems to attract the attention of little kids, ie; "Great car,
> man..." Mechanically there's no appreciable difference that I can see. Ride
> is the same, handling at speed is about the same if both cars are set up the
> same.
>
> In short, up to you, bud...
>
> G'luck...
> Don Marshall
> '57 TR3 '63 TR3B '63 TR4
Don,
Reading your description brought to mind a memory of stowing the side
curtains in a 52'MGTD I brought back from England in '73. (Sadly I no
longer have it) If you think stowing the curtains in a TR3 is a pain,
in a TD, there is no boot. You must stow the curtains in a small
compartment behind the well in front of the fuel tank. It has to be
positioned just exactly right or it won't go.
Joe Curry '63 Spit
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