[TR] TR3 Cockpit rear quarter rail

[Carl TR]

Thanks Randall - that sounds like what I remember.    Will keep looking.
If anyone has one they can take a photo of or specific measurements - it
would be greatly appreciated.

Carl

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Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 8:02 PM
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Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 Cockpit rear quarter rail

> ISTR that there was a piece of wood under the aluminum rear quarter 
> rail - I believe to support the hardtop mounting bracket.

Probably varies, depending on commission number.  But both my late TR3 and
early TR3A had only two small blocks of wood, near the front of the quarter
rail.  Appeared to be just to support the rail itself, as people tend to
lean on that spot when getting out of the car.  At any rate, it wasn't close
to the hardtop supports and was on the TR3 (which didn't have the other
hardtop brackets under the rail installed).

Sorry I don't have a photo of that area.  But the block wasn't very large,
perhaps 2" long, 1/2" or maybe 3/4" wide, and maybe 1.5" tall.  The top was
rounded across the narrow dimension, but not fore/aft.  And there was a
counterbore down the center, for a sheet metal screw into the body.

-- Randall  

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