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From: Randall <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
> I must respectfully disagree with the TRA Judging Guide if
> that's what
> it says.
Actually, the copy I have handy says only that smooth letters should
not be
on cars before TS50000. That jives with my (dim) memory, that the two
different styles were fitted essentially at random for a long time.
==AM==
I've never totally bought into the legend that random piles of parts
lay around waiting to be randomly placed on cars coming down the
assembly line. ;-) But since S-T didn't use the smooth TRIUMPH letters
on anything else until the early 1959 introduction of the Herald, I'd
have to assume that those letters couldn't have appeared on TRs much
earlier than that. From that point forward, I suppose it's possible
that the smooth letters could have appeared at any time, but I'd also
assume that there was a pretty good supply of ribbed letters.
Anyway, and for whatever it's worth, I do have a late edition of the
factory "Triumph Sports Car 20 TR2,3 & 3A Models" Spare Parts Catalog
that does show ribbed letters (part numbers 703036-42) from TS22014 as
expected. It also lists the smooth letters (part numbers 703862-8) but
gives no "From Comm. No.". (And yes, this SPC is late enough to list
the post TS60000 changed body panels and such!)
--Andy Mace
*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er,
Triumph Herald engine with wings.
-- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)
Check out the North American Triumph Sports 6 (Vitesse 6) and Triumph
Herald Database at its new URL: <http://triumph-herald.us>
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