Carl,
Yes, there's really no logic to it. They just used whatever parts they
could come up with. The "B" was unplanned, and was manufactured at the
request of American Triumph dealers who were afraid that customers wouldn't
accept the new, untested TR4. I think there was more than a year overlap
where they actually made TR3 and TR4 simultaneously. Which, as TRF says,
makes the TR3B an "interesting" car to own!
Sumner
-----Original Message-----
From: Musson, Carl <musson@satie.arts.usf.edu>
To: 'Sumner Weisman' <sweisman@gis.net>
Cc: Triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, March 01, 1999 1:41 PM
Subject: RE: TR3B Seats
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sumner Weisman [mailto:sweisman@gis.net]
> Sent: Sunday, February 28, 1999 9:16 AM
> To: amace@unix2.nysed.gov
> Cc: Triumphs
> Subject: TR3B Seats
>
>
> 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
> This may be a false assumption since the production of TSF
>(Mar-Sep, 62)and TCF (May-Dec,62) overlapped.
>
> Carl
>
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