[TR] tr3 headlight rim

[Dave]

 On the TR3 (as opposed to the TR3A) the headlight pods stick out and you have access to the trim ring underneath.  The trim ring had a hole in it and a screw was used to secure the ring (it hooked onto features on the top).  On the TR3A the front cowl was redesigned and the headlight pods are semi-recessed and you can't get a screwdriver in there so they at first switched to a trim ring that was a clamshell arrangement with a screw mounted tangentially allowing tightening the ring around the support.  this arrangement was superceded by a snap-on ring typical of later models.

I got dinged in Concours for having the clamshell style on my 57 TR3 even though the clamshell rings are rather rare since they were used only a year or two.  

 

Dave Massey


 

 

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From: dave n <dave at ranteer.com>
Subject: [TR] tr3 headlight rim


  
   
    
on a tr3 (not tr3a) the headlight trim ring just snaps on?  and stays there?  why is there a hole in the trim ring at the bottom?   
  
 
 




 
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