[TR] tr3b

[Carl TR]

Not from a 3B but a very late 3A...

Markings as original: 

http://s1001.photobucket.com/user/cfmtr3a/media/TS81802LO/00-EngineMarkings.
jpg.html 

 

I masked off the lettering when I painted the engine and then repainted them
trying somewhat successfully to match the brush strokes.  

http://s1001.photobucket.com/user/cfmtr3a/media/TS81802LO/05-EngineRe-marked
.jpg.html 

 

I have seen one other '3 engine painted red.  According to the owner it had
a different numbering code that indicated it was factory rebuilt.  I can't
remember for sure what was different about the engine number.

 

Carl

1961 Triumph TR3A - TS81802LO

 <http://mysite.verizon.net/cfmtr3a/> http://mysite.verizon.net/cfmtr3a/ 

Tampa, FL

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of terryrs at comcast.net
Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 5:26 PM
To: Dave
Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] tr3b

 

You do have an appreciably better car to start from than the usual, it
seems.  

 

Question to the list:  Weren't the original engines painted black with, I
forget, some kind of number 3 or something painted in a different color
underneath?  

 

Anyway, does the color of the engine paint suggest it's been rebuilt at one
point?

 

Terry Smith, '59 TR3A

New Hampshire...Where I drove twice to work and back, and on the way home
Friday, the top was down!

 

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