[TR] TR3A Front cowl letter placement

wbeech wbeech at flash.net
Mon Sep 29 18:11:45 MDT 2008


The TRA Judging guide calls for smooth letters from TS-50000 forward.

Bill B
'58 TR-3A TS/30766 L
'59 TR-3A TS/64974 LO
"A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is called...of
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-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces+wbeech=flash.net at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces+wbeech=flash.net at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
Andrew Mace
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 10:41 AM
To: tfansher at comcast.net; triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] TR3A Front cowl letter placement

-----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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