Chip,
Are there any markings/engravings on it such as Tudor, Trafalgar, Trico,
etc.? If so do do some research on them. I've never seen brackets that
weren't black or natural, mostly black semi-gloss. Is it located on the
inner fender adjacent to the distributor?
It may have been what the dealer had in stock at the time and the original
owner purchased it as an option, or maybe he purchased it from another
source later on. May also be from another LBC the dealer might possibly have
sold? Kind of hard to say, do you have paperwork and a history?
Dave Willner
59 TR3A Apple Green
80 Spitfire Carmine Red
70 BSA 441 Victor Special
----- Original Message -----
From: <Chip19474@aol.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 6:22 PM
Subject: TR2/early TR3 Authenticity Question
> List,
>
> While I was cleaning the windscreen washer bottle bracket on a '55 TR2 I'm
> restoring at the shop, to my surprise it was painted blue. This is a very
> original car - two owners and virtually no aftermarket DPO antics so I'm
> guessing that the bracket is somewhat period correct yet I'm puzzled as to
> why it isn't black or CAD.
>
> I leafed through the usual references like Bill Piggott's books for some
> photo help but came up empty.
>
> The bracket is not made from heavy wire....it's made from flat band steel
> much like later TR's. The best way to describe the color blue is that
it's
> somewhere between robin's egg blue and medium blue.
>
> Has anyone with a TR2 or TR3 come across washer bottle brackets like
> this...especially in colors!
>
> The original color of the car is white (I think pearl but can't recall as
I
> write this)....TS 63xx
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chip Krout
> Triumph Rescue
> Skippack, PA USA
>
> 1976 TR6 #CF57822U - one of the last 500 built!
> 1970 Spitfire Mk3 #FDU78512L - hibernating for the winter
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