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From: John Haynes[SMTP:johnhaynes@som-uky.campus.mci.net]
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 1996 8:49 AM
To: Paulsv@aol.com
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: TR3 Radio
>I have a question to pose to the collective wisdom of the list. I have some
>literature that was published in one of the TR register publications several
>years ago concerning the optional (dealer installed?) radio kit for the TR3.
> This literature includes drawings for the brackets that hold the radio and
>speaker on the top of the trans tunnel cover, and form kind of a console or
>facia in front of the gearshift that the radio and speaker faces were mounted
>into. It appears to be relatively easy to fabricate from sheet metal.
>However, there is nothing in the literature about what the finish on these
>parts was. Are they painted or vinyl covered, and in what color? Anyone out
>there with an original Smiths Radiomobile installation who could let me know?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Paul
>
Noticed this thread late. I hope some are still interested. I am doing a
frame off , 90% done. It has a factory cut 7 inch speaker hole in the body
next to the passsengers right leg. The radio is a Triumph with the Triumph
badge on the dial. I also am ignorant of how to mount the radio.
Sam Haynes TR3 Original owner>
I have a 1958 TR-3A and noticed the hole on the passenger-compartment side when
air began to blow thorough it at high speed. I had no idea it was made for a
speaker. There's no hole on the other side.
Tom Linder
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