My car is a black TR2- the PO "restored the car and thought that the red
frame was an mistake so it was repainted black(and not very well -I still
see bits red-that would have sooooo good) ,Mike TR2inLA
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>From: Anthony Rhodes <ARhodes@compuserve.com>
>To: "terrence.begley@baesystems.com" <terrence.begley@baesystems.com>, Triumph
List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
>Subject: re: TR3 frame color
>Date: Tue, Jul 8, 2003, 4:53 PM
>
> Terry,
>
> I had thought that all the production TRs had black painted frames.
>
> The exception were the works rally cars (and their imitators). Those
> frames were painted white so a crack would be more visible.
> Maybe someone painted your white to imitate the rally cars.
>
> I do not know any details about the plate, but I thought there were plates
> on the front cross member with some sort of code on it.
>
> -Tony
>
>
> Message text written by INTERNET:owner-triumphs-digest@autox.team.net
>>Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 14:02:34 -0400
> From: "Begley, Terrence J." <terrence.begley@baesystems.com>
> Subject: TR3 frame color
>
> Hi gang,
>
>
>
> While removing 40+ years of 'preservative' from the main crossmember
> located
> directly beneath where the engine sits, I noticed two interesting things.
> 1)
> The part of the frame that was being cleaned was painted white and 2) there
> is a plate attached on top of the crossmember with a number stamped on it
> (Z
> 33). Has anyone ever seen a white frame on a red car? It must have looked
> stunning when new. Any thoughts on the number plate? Sounds like one of
> those Chevy codes. I love this stuff!<
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