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Re: Wide-Mouth TR3B Grille

To: JoEllisTR3@aol.com
Subject: Re: Wide-Mouth TR3B Grille
From: fred thomas <vafred@erols.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 07:34:49 -0700
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <4920e0a0.36030dda@aol.com>
JoEllisTR3@aol.com wrote:
> 
> My 1962 TR3B grille is showing its age. The car is nearly all repainted and
> looks so good that the old grille looks even worse than it did before, by
> contrast. There are a few extra ripples in the grid and two places on the
> flange that are torn right where the screw holes are.
> 
> I am considering replacing the grille with an aftermarket reproduction grille.
> The reproduction grille should be of the EXACT exterior dimensions so it will
> not mar the new paint and so it will attach without bending to fit.
> 
> Which of the standard Triumph (no pun intended) resources carries the most
> accurate reproduction grilles? My car has the wide-mouth grille.
> 
> Many thanks,
> Joanna Ellis
> 1962 TR3B TCF36L


20 years ago all of them, today none of them. First the screw holes are 
usually off line and the corners do not fit the mouth opening. Unless 
your grille is all bent-up, have it anadozied if you want a good fit. Far 
very obvious "Profit" reasons all of these parts in the U/S. are coming 
out of the "Far East"


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