[TR] Wing or Side Fender Vents

[Alan Myers]

Hi Gary,

The rally car fender vent grills were simply cut from Herald grills. You can
either try to get one of those or Revington TR in England sells the grills
separately or in a kit with the necessary internal ducting:
http://www.revingtontr.com/shop/product_display.asp?mscssid=3RC1QAJ870U98KRVV
UQW16EWWTKK1R88&CarType=TR4&ProductID=RTR7019K

These are pretty accurate reproductions. Neil has one or two of the original
works cars he's restored, to reference. He's raced one of them in the past,
too... I don't know that he still does.

Yes, the rally cars had some aluminum panels.... AFAIK, the door skins, hood
skin, and trunk lid were replaced with aluminum panels. The steel frames were
still used underneath. I don't think any of the interior panels, front and
rear valances, or under structure were ever made up in aluminum. I don't think
so. Revington now offers a lot of other parts in aluminum, too.

But if you are really serious about weight reduction, fiberglass panels
probably make more sense and are a lot less costly. More easily repaired or
modified, too.

The air intake vent "door" behind the hood was replaced with a more aggressive
"scoop" and had a snap-on cover for foul weather. Revington sells those parts,
too.

The trunk (boot) lid hinges used on the rally cars were simply TR3 bonnet
(hood) hinges. I think leather straps were used at the bottom to keep the lid
securely closed.

Eventually I plan to install fender vents in my TR4, too. But I'll probably be
using a style more similar to the TRS LeMans cars.

Alan Myers
San Jose, California
'62 TR4 CT17602L
http://www.triumphowners.com/640



-----Original Message-----

From: gsfuqua1 at aol.com <gsfuqua1 at aol.com>
ubject: [6pack] Wing or Side Fender Vents
o: fot at autox.team.net, triumphs at autox.team.net, 6pack at autox.team.net,
ony at tonydrews.com, N197TR4 at cs.com
ate: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 2:46 AM

 am looking for a set of the chrome grill vents that many of the Rally TR
's used.  As I recall they were slightly squarish in size and had a large
hecker board grill affect.  The idea being to let some of the engine bay
eat be carried out through the side wings or fenders.  The fit flush with
he side of the fender or wing and extend inward into the engine bay.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers, Gary

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Message: 8
ate: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:59:41 -0800
rom: "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
ubject: Re: [TR] [6pack] Wing or Side Fender Vents
o: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
essage-ID: <C4FA2CDC460245218235CE72CAA4DA6F at jdnet.deere.com>
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> Question - How does one get street papers
 for a car with the original bumper removed?
Varies greatly with location.  Here in California there is no inspection as
uch, except for the VIN number.  They did insist that the seats be sitting
n the car, but I got "street papers" without bumpers, lights or even a
indshield installed.  Of course it would be illegal to operate the car on
ublic roads that way, so I used a trailer to take it for it's "VIN
onfirmation".
But the penalties here for operating without such things are very mild
commonly known as a "fix it" ticket, because the fine is dismissed if you
how that the problem was corrected), so lots of people do.  And I don't
elieve there is any legal requirement for a car built before 1968 to even
ave bumpers.
Does anyone know, is that Mike Clemente's car?  It looks familiar ...
-- Randall

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