Rex and Walt,
The brown interior lights were brown base. I can't speak to the blue
cars.
The glovebox plate is glued.
The fender badges are not on the early cars. I won't commit to a
specific date they showed up, but I believe it was in 1973.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rex Townsend" <rrt@connectexpress.com>
To: "6 Pack" <6pack@autox.team.net>; "Walter Fogle" <lbc4me@hotmail.com>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 12:39 AM
Subject: Interior light & glove box spec plate
> Hi Walt,
> My interior light base was black (the color of my interior) but
another
> one that I "rescued" from a red interior wreck also was black. I
suspect
> these lights were just black and chrome, regardless of the interior
color.
> About the tire pressure plate on the back side of the glove box door -
these
> are glued on. I bought a new dash a few years ago from TRF and
replaced the
> little spec plate as well. It came with adhesive already on the back
of the
> plate, so all I had to do was center the plate, remove the tape and
press it
> on. It looks just the original one did on the back of the original
glove
> box door.
> Now, I have a question for you or any one else who knows the early
TR6s
> well. Did all TR6s have the little British Leyland badges on the
front
> fenders (wings), even the earliest cars that were actually made during
late
> 1968? Mine doesn't have them, but it had one respray many years ago,
so
> it's hard to tell if it had the little badges when it was new.
>
> Rex Townsend
> Bainbridge Island, WA
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