I have CT0675 with the Surrey top option. I purchased
from PO who had owned the car since the early 70's.
He indicated that the car was "as original" -
body and outer hardtop had been repainted. The Surrey
hardtop was factory painted in white (it is aluminum,
not steel) on the inside (under the headliner) and
topside. The rear window frame (also aluminum/alloy
metal) was painted the body color of the car (Signal
Red in my case) and the liner of the rear frame was
white upholstery to match the white headliner
upholstery and the white sun visors. The soft top
frame assembly is cream color and the soft top is
black.
There is a thin, finished chrome strip that runs along
the trailing edge of the hardtop...
It is possible that my rear window frame had been
repainted to match the body, however I have seen other
'original' cars with the Surrey option and the rear
window frame is usually the color of the body.
Good luck - Dave D., CT0675
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 16:20:37 -0600
> From: Don Spence <dspence@oanet.com>
> Subject: Surry top color-not matched to body
color
> TR4?? BMIHT Certificate
>
> A while back some one was asking about the proper
> colour for the rear
> portion, metal top, fabric top etc. for the TR4
> surry top.
> I've been reading Michael cook's "Triumph
Cars in
> America" and found a
> reference that might be of interest to the person
> who asked. On page 68
> there is a photo of two tr4s described as: "
One of
> the first U.S. publicity
> photos of the TR4, showing a white roadster and a
> red car with white
> hardtop, an option that was soon dropped".
> On page 76 there is another photo of what appears
to
> be the same car but
> with the soft surrey panel in place. In both
photos
> the windshield frame and
> the backlight frame are clearly white (as is the
> steel roof panel). The
> fabric panel appears to be black. (These are b/w
> reproductions but the top
> is definitely darker than the body.)
>
> So if the car in question was an early TR4 then
it
> may have been "proper" to
> have the hardtop panel, backlight surround and
> windscreen frame white over
> the red body.
>
> Cheers
> Don
>
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