Andy,
My TR3B, commission # TSF 263, has the flat bottom pans. The seats, which I
think are original, are vinyl and still in pretty good condition. Remember,
there were two batches of TR3B's built. The first batch (TSF) had the TR4
all-synchro transmission but the TR-3A engine. The second batch (TCF) added
the TR4 engine (with the oil filler on the rear rather than the front).
According to TRF, cars of the first batch were identical to TR3A's, but
that's not true because many (or possibly all) had the TR4 transmission.
A good guess might be that the first batch had the TR3A seats and the second
batch had the TR4 seats.
Sumner Weisman
62 TR3B
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 11:43:44 -0500 (EST)
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Subject: TR3B seats -- which ones are they?
Quick question for owners of original TR3B models:
Does your car have the TR3A seats, with the flat bottom pan, or does it
have the early TR4 seats, with that extra "dent" in the bottom pan?
And does anyone have original leather faced seats in a TR3B, or were most
all of them vinyl?
Perhaps responses should include commission numbers, just in case some
sort of pattern develops! :-)
- --Andy
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