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TR4 badge bar / fog light mount

To: CarlSereda@aol.com, dmericas@limno.com, ScharfR@aol.com
Subject: TR4 badge bar / fog light mount
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 12:51:01 -0600
Cc: TR List <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
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Since there seems to be some wider interest in this subject, I'll try to 
recap the information (a little better organized this time) I recently 
sent to Bob S. (initial list inquiry) :

The bar (w/ lights & badges) shown on the cover & p56 of B. Piggot's 
Original Triumph TR, (1991) on the TR4 owned by Dereck Pollock, is 
similar or perhaps identical to the original bar I found ( from Brian 
Schlorff ) about 2000 and had rechromed.  I believe this bar, which I 
have on my '64 TR4, is an original Desmo accessory, as mentioned in 
Piggot, Original Triumph TR4/4A/5/6, (1998), p111.  There is also 
another photo of Dereck Pollock's TR4, full front view, on p110.  To see 
this bar w/ lights and badges on my '64 TR4, etc., go to:  

http://jays-tr4.notlong.com

Along w/ Brian Sanborn & several others, I also bought a badge bar from 
Vern Burnett (Texas Triumph Register) around 2000 - same details as 
provided by Brian.  I never mounted Vern's bar and until this day it 
hangs from the floor joists of my basement shop.  I think lights could 
be mounted to this bar (it has no lamp lugs as does the Desmo) by using  
the lamp to badge bar adapter sold by:

http://triple-c.com                 search part no. 613

I never did this since it was at about this point that I found the 
original Desmo bar.  Triple-C also sells original Desmo badge bar clips 
that are very nice - I use several - part no. CLIP100

Another recent development is a stainless steel lamp bar being sold by 
Revington TR. N. Revington published a press release about this bar in  
TRAction, TR Register (UK), several months ago.  I've not seen one of 
these and only know what is shown on the web site (not much) - a photo 
mounted on a TR4 would be helpful.  This might be the best way to go today:

http://www.revingtontr.com              look for part no RTR8428

If there was enough interest, either the "Burnett" bar or the "Desmo" 
bar (there are some differences) could be used as patterns and some more 
made up.  Some time ago I sent drawings of these bars to Michael Gajic 
in Australia but I think he did not proceed and ended up selling his TR4.

brgds, Jay

'64 TR4 since '67
Wheaton, Illinois, USA




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