One of our club members (Central PA Triumph Club, Ralph Eriksen) has
them on his TR3. He found them in CA and had them restored and then
painted to match his TR3. They are very stunning and really offer a
different look on the 3. One reason they were not popular in the US
was that you could not fit them if you have wire wheels. There is
no enough clearance for the knock-offs.
If anyone is interested, I have a nice picture of Ralph's car with the
spats on and could send it to you off the list.
Scott Suhring
Elizabethtown, PA
'70 TR6
'59 TR3
Geo Hahn wrote:
>
> ZoboHerald@aol.com wrote:
>
> > The skirts fit within the wheel arch and thus were flush with the fender and
> > had color-coordinated PVC moulding between the skirt and the fender.
>
> Certainly an unusual period accessory that I would love too see just once on
> someone else's TR. As much as my rear fenders have been abused & beaten in
>prior
> restorations I doubt that their present curve would match the shape of
>original
> spats. Would wonder the same thing about later TR3s and the affect tooling
>wear
> and tooling changes would have on the shape of the wheel well.
>
> Geo Hahn
> 59 TR3A
> 64 TR4
> Mt Lemmon, AZ
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