[TR] Front license plates

MMoore8425 at aol.com MMoore8425 at aol.com
Fri Feb 6 06:53:51 MST 2009


I am the second owner of my 59 TR3A. When I got the car in 1963, the front 
plate was mounted with a pair of sheet metal brackets which were pretty clever. 
The horizontal centerline of the license plate was aligned with horizontal 
centerine of the bumper face plate. There were two separate brackets, but 
identical to each other. They were made of sheet metal, I would guess 16 ga. Each 
bracket was no more that 3/4 inch wide and was made of two parts. One part was 
contoured to fit the curve of the front of the bumper. At the bottom, it folded 
flat and parallele to the surface of the bumper. There was a hole on the 
bottom which connected to the license plate hole. There was a second piece, a far 
more simple piece which attached to a second hole at the bottom adjacent to the 
license plate hole. That strap came all the way up the back, then bolted to 
the front strap at the top. 
Meanwhile, the front piece strap. after coming up and over the front, after 
connecting to the rear strap, folds back over the top, all the way to the 
front, then down ehough to pick up the upper license plate holes. They were 
lightweight, stiff, and I was an idiot for throwing one away. I think I am using a 
single one now, but its in the center and I have a small aluminum angle which 
goe across the top and bottom.   I keep thinking I need to see if I can 
fabricate another one.
Mike Moore 


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