ArthurK101@aol.com wrote:
(very good TR3A,TR3B,TR4 production information SNIPped)
> Don't know about "AE Payen".
> The first TR4 was built on Jul 18, '61. TR3/3A production stopped in Autumn
> '61. Shortly after, the US dealers asked for more sidescreen cars. Triumph
> complied and in March '62 started building TR3B's. The first 530 TR3B's
> (TSF1- TSF530L) were basically TR3A's.
Although various documentation/books say otherwise, apparently all of
the
TSF TR3Bs had a synchro first gear.
>The second batch (TCF1-TCF2804) of
> TR3B cars used TR4 geearboxes and engine. TR3B's stopped being built sometime
> in Dec '62. so there were several months (Jul'61 - autumn '61) when both
> TR3A's and TR4's were being built simultaneously and about 9 months (Mar'62 -
> Dec '62) when TR3B's and TR4's were being built together. I've seen photos of
> the assembly with both types of cars on it.
More SNIP
I also wanted to point out that the second (last) commissioning of
Italias were of TSF chassis, so I _believe_ that there are about 50
fewer TSF TR3Bs than the 530 number often reported.
Keith Edwards
Suffolk, VA
TSF198L (owned since 1978)
TCF103L (former race car)
2 TR4As
1 Healey
1 Princess
a few fractional cars laying about...
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