[TR] TR3 Boot Lock Question

[Jonas Payne]

Very interesting, but moving in the wrong direction in the production run.



I have also read that the T Handle could be a bdealer installed optionb,
but that would have left some ugly holes and filler work.



I wonder if the bdealer installationb simply involved swapping out the
boot lid from a TR3A on the lot so they could move along the aging  TR3?



Was his car originally white?



Jonas Payne

PBR Consulting Services, LLC

702.882.6711



From: Frank Fisher [mailto:yellowtr3 at yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 1:43 PM
To: Jonas Payne; triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 Boot Lock Question



Jonas

i think it was a running change.

we have a member of our club who has a TR3 whose commission number would
suggest it should have the single handle, but it has the buget locks. and he
swears its original factory.



Frank



On Tuesday, October 28, 2014 1:36 PM, Jonas Payne <jpaynepbr at cox.net
<mailto:jpaynepbr at cox.net> > wrote:



Looking at the Moss Catalog and doing some research, it would appear that
TR3's had "budget lock" or dzus type lock to hold the boot lid down up until
TS22013.



My car is TS21491 and has the T handle and no dzus fasteners or "budget
locks".  While it is possible that the boot lid was replaced at some time, I
know that at minimum, the rest of the back of the car is original, and there
is no evidence at the underside of the trunk where the "budget locks" would
have made contact to suggest that they were ever there.



Is this a "hard and fast" change or was this another example of the
factory's "running changes" where they would use parts until they ran out
and then make the change.







Jonas Payne

PBR Consulting Services, LLC

702.882.6711

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