But then why do all of the kits (from basic to wool) include carpet for
the area in front of the seats?
Later,
Carl F. Musson
TS25264L - borrowing the engine/tranny from
TS81802LO - body off restoration in progress...
Tampa, Florida (USA)
E-Mail: Musson@arts.usf.edu
http://www.arts.usf.edu/~musson/triumph/ (update in progress)
-----Original Message-----
From: ArthurK101@aol.com [SMTP:ArthurK101@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 2:55 PM
To: JAMES_S_WALLACE@HP-Canada-om1.om.hp.com;
kengano@advant.com; triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: TR3 carpet pattern
FWIW -- If the TR3 were like the TR4 (and there are many
similarities) it
would have been configured with carpeting from the front of the
seats backward
throughout the whole cockpit. But the footwell in front of the
seats had no
carpet on the floor, only a rubber mat held in place with snaps
and a(2maybe)
clip(s) behind the pedals (the mat went up the inside of the
firewall to the
clip). The footwell walls were also carpeted, however.
I have not been able to find those TR4 mats for sale BUT a TR3
guru told me
that the "original" TR3 rubber mats were possibly the same and
might fit my
TR4. These lends further credence to the possibility that the
configuration
of the TR3 and TR4 was the same.
Art Kelly '64 TR4 CT33118L (original owner)
VTR TR4 vehicle consultant
In a message dated 98-02-24 22:11:06 EST,
JAMES_S_WALLACE@HP-Canada-
om1.om.hp.com writes:
> That's true for the earlier models all right, but I remember
reading
> somewhere that later they did put carpets in. Mine has
traces of
> carpet under the seat tracks which I suspect is
original, as it
> matches my one other original chunk to the left of the
driver's left
> foot. (And I believe that's original because it has a
built-in rubber
> pad beside the dimmer switch, where the left side of
your foot would
> wear at it from operating said switch.)
> Regards,
> Jim
>
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> Author: Non-HP-kengano (kengano@advant.com) at
HP-USA,mimegw5
> Date: 24/02/98 9:31 PM
>
> I don't think the TR3 had floor carpets originally. Just a
rubber mat. At
> least, that's the way I remember Dad's '59.
>
> kengano@advant.com
> downstate illinois
> 1959 TR3A TS57756L
> 1959 Model 10 Sedan TBE9239LDLB
> -----Original Message-----
>
> >
> > I hope to make my own carpet set for the 3a, but it
didn't come with
> > carpets when I got it, except for a few old scraps, so
I don't know
> > what they originally looked like. I have the famous
Piggott book but
> > unfortunately there aren't any definitive pictures in
there.
> >
> > Could anyone advise:
> >
> > 1. Are the floor carpets slightly wider than the floor,
such that
they
>
> > extend upwards a bit at the side of the car and the
transmission
> > tunnel to cover the unfinished sides of those pieces of
carpet?
> > \__________________/ Or are they just the width of the
floor, with
> > the side and tunnel pieces having finished edges?
> > 2. Has anyone tried making a pattern from paper
templates? Anything
> > to beware of?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Jim Wallace
> > 60 TR3a TS81417
> > P.S. I do know that it's possible to buy a set
pre-made.
>
>
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