[TR] TR3A Front cowl letter placement

[Andrew Mace]

-----Original Message-----
From: THOMAS FANSHER <tfansher at comcast.net>

I have a template for the letter placement for the front cowling on my 
TR3,
BUT it's for the earlier 3's.  The post 60,000 models are DIFFERENT - 
luckily
I didn't just drill the holes and then find out ;^)  -- very atypical of
me....
Anyone out there have the letters off the cowl and able to make a 
template?

==AM==
Tom, I can't help, but (at risk of opening up another "late TR3A/TR3B 
front apron" debate) I would suggest that this change from "ribbed" to 
"smooth" letters is significantly later than TS60001 and future. For 
what it's worth, I can vouch for (recently sold and now finally being 
restored by a new owner) TS71909L, built 3/28/60, having its original 
front apron with the wider "ribbed" letters. I suspect that the change 
to the narrower "smooth" letters came well later than that.

Curious: how "late" is your car? and, to your knowledge, does it have 
the original front apron?

--Andy  Mace

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