[TR] TR4A Interior ?

[Andrew Mace]

-----Original Message-----
From: John Macartney <standardtriumph at btinternet.com>









With the very greatest respect to whoever compiled the Concours Guide, I regret to say they are in 
error. While the information was never made *generally public knowledge* it was possible for a 
customer to:?

1. Specify any upholstery colour in the Standard-Triumph range for any model of car made by the 
company - even if that colour did not appear in the colour charts. Consequently Dark Green and Tan 
were other colours that could be specified for the TR4A.?

2. Specify non-standard combinations of standard colours that appeared in the colour charts. 

==AM==
John, I've heard this from you and a number of other sources over the years, and I've no reason to doubt it. However, I suspect it was something that wasn't widely publicized throughout the US distributor/dealer network, either! Fact is, in the mid-1960s, paint color choices on Triumphs sold in the US were generally limited to white, Signal Red, Black, Wedgwood Blue and Conifer (a.k.a. Triumph Racing) Green; interiors were usually limited to black, Matador Red and Midnight Blue. Maybe that was a Leyland-Triumph "economy of production" thing for exports? 

One notable exception, oddly, was the "Sports" (nee Herald) 1200 convertible. Towards the end of their run here (say, 1966-67), Triumph seemed to sell quite a few with Conifer Green paint and Cactus Green interiors!
?

--Andy Mace

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