FWIW -- If the TR3 were like the TR4 (and there are many similarities) it
would have been configured with carpeting from the front of the seats backward
throughout the whole cockpit. But the footwell in front of the seats had no
carpet on the floor, only a rubber mat held in place with snaps and a(2maybe)
clip(s) behind the pedals (the mat went up the inside of the firewall to the
clip). The footwell walls were also carpeted, however.
I have not been able to find those TR4 mats for sale BUT a TR3 guru told me
that the "original" TR3 rubber mats were possibly the same and might fit my
TR4. These lends further credence to the possibility that the configuration
of the TR3 and TR4 was the same.
Art Kelly '64 TR4 CT33118L (original owner)
VTR TR4 vehicle consultant
In a message dated 98-02-24 22:11:06 EST, JAMES_S_WALLACE@HP-Canada-
om1.om.hp.com writes:
> That's true for the earlier models all right, but I remember reading
> somewhere that later they did put carpets in. Mine has traces of
> carpet under the seat tracks which I suspect is original, as it
> matches my one other original chunk to the left of the driver's left
> foot. (And I believe that's original because it has a built-in rubber
> pad beside the dimmer switch, where the left side of your foot would
> wear at it from operating said switch.)
> Regards,
> Jim
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator
______________________________
> ___
> Author: Non-HP-kengano (kengano@advant.com) at HP-USA,mimegw5
> Date: 24/02/98 9:31 PM
>
> I don't think the TR3 had floor carpets originally. Just a rubber mat. At
> least, that's the way I remember Dad's '59.
>
> kengano@advant.com
> downstate illinois
> 1959 TR3A TS57756L
> 1959 Model 10 Sedan TBE9239LDLB
> -----Original Message-----
>
> >
> > I hope to make my own carpet set for the 3a, but it didn't come with
> > carpets when I got it, except for a few old scraps, so I don't know
> > what they originally looked like. I have the famous Piggott book but
> > unfortunately there aren't any definitive pictures in there.
> >
> > Could anyone advise:
> >
> > 1. Are the floor carpets slightly wider than the floor, such that
they
>
> > extend upwards a bit at the side of the car and the transmission
> > tunnel to cover the unfinished sides of those pieces of carpet?
> > \__________________/ Or are they just the width of the floor, with
> > the side and tunnel pieces having finished edges?
> > 2. Has anyone tried making a pattern from paper templates? Anything
> > to beware of?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Jim Wallace
> > 60 TR3a TS81417
> > P.S. I do know that it's possible to buy a set pre-made.
>
>
|