[TR] TR3 on Bring a Trailer

[William Pugh]

The alpine rally winners were 1957 Small Mouth and definitely had out side door handles, there was an “Eruopean Accessory Kit” that included locking doors, they did not Trust  the French.




> On Mar 21, 2020, at 12:47 PM, Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> I owned a 56 for awhile that had door handles.  Was never absolutely certain
> (door handles were part of the GT option on early cars), but my assumption
> was that someone had replaced the doors.
> 
> That wouldn't explain the separate turn signals on the back of course.
> However, lots of forward details are correct, so I'm guessing the rear apron
> has either been replaced with a later one, or someone has added the turn
> signals.  The factory did use separate plinths on a few cars; I even found a
> part number for the plinth once (although I don't have it handy).  If you
> could find (or reproduce) a pair of those, then adding the turn signals
> wouldn't be all that difficult.
> 
> Or, FWIW, I once looked at a TR3A for sale that was literally two different
> cars, split through the middle and welded together.  The owner admitted as
> much, said one car had been wrecked in the back so they bought a second car
> that had been wrecked in the front (or maybe it was the other way round) and
> grafted them together.  Unfortunately, one was pre-TS60K and the other was
> not.  Some other little touches (like the chrome plated dashboard and all
> pipes painted in contrasting colors to indicate contents) convinced my
> friend to keep looking :)
> 
> -- Randall 
> 56 TR3 TS13571L once and future daily driver
> 71 Stag LE1473 - awaiting engine rebuild
> 71-2-3 Stag - awaiting gearbox rebuild 
> 
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