[TR] TR3 - how does the door latch strap fasten to the door latch

[Don Hiscock]

I can't say "factory original" for sure, Dave, although it probably is.  I
can say "unrestored" for sure.


On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 11:18 AM DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com> wrote:

> Wow, that has really drooped over the years.  ;-)
>
> I suspect the forward end should have been attached to a screw further
> forward.  But, factory original is factory original.
>
> Thanks for the picture.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com>
> To: Peter Ryner <pryner at outlook.com>
> Cc: andrew uprichard <auprichard at uprichard.net>; DAVID MASSEY <
> dave1massey at cs.com>; daveg at online.no <daveg at online.no>;
> triumphs at autox.team.net <triumphs at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thu, May 28, 2020 11:08 am
> Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 - how does the door latch strap fasten to the door
> latch
>
> Here's the door pull on an original unrestored long-door TR2.
> https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-thtV5fw/0/1694173b/O/i-thtV5fw.jpg
>
> Don
> Saint Louis
> 1962 TR3B TSF202L
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 11:02 AM Peter Ryner <pryner at outlook.com> wrote:
>
> I scanned this from Piggott’s book.  From what I’ve found you’ll need to
> fashion the fabric covering yourself.  Other parts are available.  I think
> I got mine from TRF.  My car isn’t back from the painter yet so I don’t
> have a finished picture what I envision on mine.
> Good luck
> Pete
>
> *From:* Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *andrew
> uprichard
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 28, 2020 8:14 AM
> *To:* 'DAVID MASSEY' <dave1massey at cs.com>; daveg at online.no;
> triumphs at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [TR] TR3 - how does the door latch strap fasten to the
> door latch
>
> Is this what you are asking about?
>
> Andrew Uprichard
> Jackson, Michigan
>
> *From:* Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *DAVID
> MASSEY
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 28, 2020 7:47 AM
> *To:* daveg at online.no; triumphs at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [TR] TR3 - how does the door latch strap fasten to the
> door latch
>
> That's more than what I have.  I don't even have the bit of metal that
> extends through the door panel.  I do have (somewhere) the escutcheons but
> other than that I am starting at zero.
>
> I, too am interested in any information regarding this.
>
> Dave
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Griffiths <daveg at online.no>
> To: Triumph_send_message <triumphs at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thu, May 28, 2020 5:24 am
> Subject: [TR] TR3 - how does the door latch strap fasten to the door latch
> Hello all,
>
> TR3. LO15005/TS10601E
>
> I would be very grateful if someone could take a close up picture and/or a
> description of the way the door-opening strap on the inside of the door
> fastens to the door latch. I understand that the strap inner is of tough
> leather, about a quarter inch in diameter, but I don’t know how to fasten
> it to the latch, which on this car is just a threaded rod sticking out of
> the vinyl of the door with an acorn nut on it. On the rod there is a bit of
> metal like what you find on a zipper to move it up and down, with “YKK” on
> it. Perhaps it is. The only commercial thing I could find was at Macy’s,
> but the pic was so small it didn’t help much: https://macysgarage.com/parts-new.htm.
> I have the outer sleeve.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
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