<div dir="ltr">After I posted I was wondering if I might have dropped a zero. I used to know all of the little quirky differences between the early TR4s and the later ones. Once I sold CT288 to Mark Macy that knowledge went with it :)<div><br></div><div>If I remember correctly there is a difference in the boot lid inner support frame that is different if you're using a prop rod vs the sliding rod. Then again, I've been wrong before!</div><div><br></div><div>Brad<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 1:55 AM, Michael Porter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mdporter@dfn.com" target="_blank">mdporter@dfn.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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little off Brad. According to the SPC, CT 5642 was the last
car with the older type stay rod.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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I have a feeling that the cut-in was as the parts became available.
My `62 TR4, CT2334L, had the later prop rod, and I'm pretty sure
that the previous owner wouldn't have had it upgraded. There was
nothing in the way of work done other than minimal maintenance when
I bought it. <br>
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That's often the way production works--if they temporarily ran out
of the existing part and the later part was in stock in preparation
for the cut-in, well, the new part was installed to keep production
going. It's expensive to have roving crews out in the yard bringing
cars to completion that didn't have all parts installed on the line,
and stopping the line for what at the time was a two- or
three-dollar part wasn't an option, either.<br>
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Cheers.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Michael Porter
Roswell, NM
Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance....</pre>
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