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

Sat May 30 15:04:12 MDT 2020

I use a bicycle cable for an emergency bonnet release on my TR6. Directly from the lever on the latch to the passenger’s footwell where the nipple is hidden away.

> On May 29, 2020, at 3:21 PM, andrew uprichard <auprichard at uprichard.net> wrote:
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> Bicycle brake cables…………………….
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> From: Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net <mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net>> On Behalf Of David Friedlander
> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2020 4:20 PM
> To: Jim Henningsen <trguy75 at gmail.com <mailto:trguy75 at gmail.com>>
> Cc: Keith Stewart <keithstewart at bell.net <mailto:keithstewart at bell.net>>; triumphs at autox.team.net <mailto:triumphs at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 - how does the door latch strap fasten to the door latch
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> And I don't think they make replacements for the internal ones, either. 
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> On Fri, May 29, 2020, 3:37 PM Jim Henningsen <trguy75 at gmail.com <mailto:trguy75 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Same as mine.  Thanks.  After all these years, still learning something new on a Triumph jim
>>  
>> From: Michael Marr <mmarr at albiontechnical.com <mailto:mmarr at albiontechnical.com>> 
>> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2020 3:12 PM
>> To: Keith Stewart <keithstewart at bell.net <mailto:keithstewart at bell.net>>
>> Cc: Jim Henningsen <trguy75 at gmail.com <mailto:trguy75 at gmail.com>>; Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com <mailto:don.hiscock at gmail.com>>; triumphs at autox.team.net <mailto:triumphs at autox.team.net>
>> Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 - how does the door latch strap fasten to the door latch
>>  
>> My 1960 TR3a has external handles and the cable inside the door pocket.  
>>  
>> Mike
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On May 29, 2020, at 14:09, Keith Stewart <keithstewart at bell.net <mailto:keithstewart at bell.net>> wrote:
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>>> Didn’t the 3a go to a pull inside the door pocket and eventually exterior handles as well?
>>>  
>>> Keith
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>>> From: Jim Henningsen <trguy75 at gmail.com <mailto:trguy75 at gmail.com>> 
>>> Sent: May 29, 2020 3:00 PM
>>> To: 'Don Hiscock' <don.hiscock at gmail.com <mailto:don.hiscock at gmail.com>>; 'Keith Stewart' <keithstewart at bell.net <mailto:keithstewart at bell.net>>
>>> Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net <mailto:triumphs at autox.team.net>
>>> Subject: RE: [TR] TR3 - how does the door latch strap fasten to the door latch
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>>> Are these door pulls just for small mouth TR3?  I don’t have them on my TR3A.  Thanks Jim Henningsen
>>>  
>>> From: Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net <mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net>> On Behalf Of Don Hiscock
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2020 1:18 PM
>>> To: Keith Stewart <keithstewart at bell.net <mailto:keithstewart at bell.net>>
>>> Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net <mailto:triumphs at autox.team.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 - how does the door latch strap fasten to the door latch
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>>> Here's Macy's door pull kit -- two of 'em, in fact.  I hand carried these to TR friends in the UK a couple of years ago, as Mark avoids the hassles around international shipping.
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>>> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 12:03 PM Keith Stewart <keithstewart at bell.net <mailto:keithstewart at bell.net>> wrote:
>>>> Can’t swear as to originality, but the ones on my 57 TR3 are leather on the outside but the leather encases a link chain – with the latch shaft going through the end link and held in place by a nut while the end link at the other end is secured by a screw under the escutcheon for the outer leather strap.
>>>>  
>>>> Keith Stewart
>>>> keithstewart at bell.net <mailto:keithstewart at bell.net>
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>>>> From: DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com <mailto:dave1massey at cs.com>> 
>>>> Sent: May 28, 2020 10:41 AM
>>>> To: auprichard at uprichard.net <mailto:auprichard at uprichard.net>; daveg at online.no <mailto:daveg at online.no>; triumphs at autox.team.net <mailto:triumphs at autox.team.net>
>>>> Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 - how does the door latch strap fasten to the door latch
>>>>  
>>>> Yes.  My biggest question is where can I get those parts?  Dave says the inner part is heavy gauge leather.  It looks like the outer is thinner, more supple leather.  I have neither.  Does anyone sell these parts?
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