on 11/12/07 1:09 AM, wbeech at wbeech@flash.net wrote:
> Close but not quite, Carl. The TR3 frame was used for production of the
> TR3b & early TR4 until the TR3b was gone. The 4" differential in width was
> accommodated by bolting 2" plates to extend the tubular outriggers on the
> TR3 frame. Post TR3b, the TR4 then went to its own frame that was the
> proper one for the car.
>
> Question: Does anyone know the commission number of this change?
>
> Bill B
> '58 TR-3A TS/30766 L
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> Subject: Re: [TR] Z 28 TR3 Frame
>
> That's very interesting Tom..
> Hey TR folks - didn't TRIUMPH decide after developing the TR4 to continue
> making the TR3a (due to popular demand) as a TR3b? And wasn't that TR3b 4"
> wide r, hence the TR3b frame identifier: 'C minus 1' ? ;-) Carl
> ------------------------------------------
> FYI
> I have C-1 on a late tr3b
> tom
> ---------------------------------------------------
>> The same plate on the '63 TR4 frame reads 'C'. I just figured I had
>> the 'third version' TR4 frame..
>> Carl
>> '63 TR4 CT22326L
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I've been digging into this recently I have a late TR3b here with a C-1
frame number, I think there was a late change on the frame but haven't id'd
it yet, the early TR3b here has a Z number frame
tom
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