Retroactive Registry efforts can be traced back as early as 1955. My
personal efforts started in the latter 60's and became formalized in in the
early 70's within my involment with the Triumph Register of America.
Generic "Registers" are started for various reasons by people with different
objectives. The worst I've seen is the obsessive number collector who writes
dowm every thing he's read or written and wants to call it a database.
Collaboration over the years has produced what I feel is the most
comprehensive list of surviving TR2 thru 3b. The web is one more souce of
input. However it is a tracking vehicle and probably will never be a true
census until we go out and open every garage, turn over every stone and
search the bottoms of all the oceans in the world. For the moment, any
collection of TR 2-3, etc., info should include owner, commission number,
body tag numbers and engine numbers, city and state, etc., where it now
resides. Car bios are good. Some are even collecting BMHLT "Birth
Certificate" info.
BTW, whenever any one thinks they have found them all call me. I'll open up
a couple of time capsules and show you a few more. For the present, Triumph
Register of America is still the precedent for concise information about
your cutdown door piece of unique automotive engineering.
Reflected below is the Enthusiasm under which the Triumph Register of
America was founded. The inspired and enthusiastic TR2 thru 3B owners were
the foundation for it's sucsess and credibility . The TR/4 has recently been
brought under the wings of TRA to aid in providing consice technical
information to yet another of the wet sleeve engineering marvels of the TR
series.
TRIUMPH REGISTER OF AMERICA
Formed to Preserve the Marque TR-2/3/3A/3B/
TRA PHILOSOPHY
THE TRIUMPH REGISTER OF AMERICA (TRA) is the only organization devoted
solely to the TR-2/3 What does this mean to you as a potential member? It
means that for the most comprehensive look at every problem regarding the
mechanics of your car -- for the best guidance on parts sources - for a real
membership with other hard core, wind-in-the-face, rain-in-the-lap people -
the Triumph Register of America offers the best you can find.
How can you chatracterize our membership? We believe in side-curtains. We
believe in engines that last forever. We believe in a rock-solid ride and
cut-down doors. We believe that overheating in traffic is an unchangeable,
natural phenomenon, just as earthquakes and tornadoes are, no matter how
unfortinate they might be. We believe that the person inside an automobile
who is cold in the winter and hot in the summer - just like the weather
outside - is a more healthy person, who will no doubt live longer than those
who drive along in a controlled, unnatural environment. And most of all, we
believe that the TR 2/3 series is THE LAST mass-produced, cut-down door,
side-curatained sports car that will ever be produced. As such, it holds a
special place in the hearts of its Triumph Register of America owners, for
it represents the finest of an honest and rugged car design that is capable
of providing immense sporting pleasure at a reasonable cost. If you think
like we do, won't you join us?
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