[TR] TR4 Over Rider Support Tubes

[Cliff Hansen]

I recently stripped the stay rods (wheel arch to valance) on my TR4A and 
found original body color.  In these case of these two, they were not 
painted well - I sanded several paint drips from off the bottom edge.  Its 
likely that they were painted on the car and with not much paint along the 
bottom except for the runs.

Cliff


-----Original Message----- 
From: Bob Labuz
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 11:35 AM
To: Keith Stewart
Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] TR4 Over Rider Support Tubes

Keith,

The ones that came with my 63 were painted silver. So I cleaned them up
and repainted them silver. My 63 is SPA white.

Bob

On 01/06/2013 12:10 PM, Keith Stewart wrote:
> So that is two others, besides myself with the support tubes. If I 
> understand
> correctly, George says his are black (from the factory). What about Bob's?
> Mine are body colour (signal red) and I do not remember having them 
> painted -
> but, it has been 46 1/2 years.
> :-)
> Maybe they were black and on the repaint many years ago perhaps they were
> removed and repainted. If they were all black - which makes sense for a 
> part
> that is attached after the body was painted at the factory, what about the
> supports from the bracket on the inner wheel arch to the top of the 
> valance?
> One might expect those to be black as well and mine are also body colour.
>
> Keith R. Stewart
> 75 Camden Road
> London, Ontario
> N5X 2K2
> Home: (519) 660-1916
> E-Mail: keithstewart at execulink.com
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2013-01-06, at 11:45 AM, Geo Hahn wrote:
>
>> Keith --
>>
>> My late '64 TR4 is quite original and has the supports.  That car was
> despatched to California then on to Hawaii.
>> Since they are black (not chrome as on the TR3) they may be hard to see 
>> in
> some B&W photos.
>> I think it unlikely that any TR4s were produced intentionally omitting
> these.
>> Geo
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Keith Stewart 
>> <keithstewart at execulink.com>
> wrote:
>> I have a 1962 TR4 (CT6716LO). I bought the car in 1966. It has bumper 
>> over
>> rider support tubes. I just purchased another fully restored TR4
> (originally
>> from California). It does not have the support tubes.

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