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Re: TR3 or TR3A?

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Subject: Re: TR3 or TR3A?
From: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 19:36:43 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 15 Sep 1998, Cliff Pike wrote:

> I have just bought a TR3 for restoration, and have received differing
> opinions as to whether it is a TR3 or a TR3A. It is a large mouth, with
> overdrive and SU carbs. The commission number is TS30767. Can anyone
> help me determine what it is?
 
If the large-mouth front end is original to the car, it's a TR3A.

The clincher is the commission number.  TR3A production began at TS22014
(September 1957).

Yours is a 3A.

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Chip Old                      1948 M.G. TC  TC6710  NEMGTR #2271
Cub Hill, Maryland            1962 Triumph TR4  CT3154LO
fold@bcpl.net


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