A kind and generous comment Mr. Mace - for which my thanks, though I feel
they are hardly justified:) If you do come across resources that paint an
alternative picture to the one I've outlined, then please let me be the
first to know I was in error. The memory is now playing more tricks than I
would prefer on specific procedures, so perhaps it's better to lurk than to
contribute?
Cheers, John
----- Original Message -----
From: <ZoboHerald@aol.com>
To: ""jonmac"" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: TR4A chassis colour
> In a message dated 4/19/2004 5:17:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
jonmac@ndirect.co.uk writes:
>
> >
> > I won't dispute the claims of some that their cars were delivered with a
> > white chassis - but I can't understand how it would have been achieved
or
> > why it would have been done. Bear in mind the body had to have a chassis
in
> > order for the parts to be bolted to it and those parts would have been
in
> > bare metal which later needed an anti-corrosion (joke) treatment, paint
> > undercoats and topcoats....
>
> Normally I would hesitate to contradict a "first-hand" source of
information, but I thought that the TR4 (car in question) bodies were
actually painted and trimmed (in Liverpool?) and then shipped to Coventry
for mating with a built chassis.
>
> Of course, I don't have any Triumph resources in front of me, so maybe I'm
having a senior moment?
>
> What you say is essentially true about the Herald and derivatives, of
course!
>
> --Andy Mace
>
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