Not from a 3B but a very late 3A...
Markings as original:
http://s1001.photobucket.com/user/cfmtr3a/media/TS81802LO/00-EngineMarkings.
jpg.html
I masked off the lettering when I painted the engine and then repainted them
trying somewhat successfully to match the brush strokes.
http://s1001.photobucket.com/user/cfmtr3a/media/TS81802LO/05-EngineRe-marked
.jpg.html
I have seen one other '3 engine painted red. According to the owner it had
a different numbering code that indicated it was factory rebuilt. I can't
remember for sure what was different about the engine number.
Carl
1961 Triumph TR3A - TS81802LO
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Tampa, FL
-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of terryrs@comcast.net
Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 5:26 PM
To: Dave
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] tr3b
You do have an appreciably better car to start from than the usual, it
seems.
Question to the list: Weren't the original engines painted black with, I
forget, some kind of number 3 or something painted in a different color
underneath?
Anyway, does the color of the engine paint suggest it's been rebuilt at one
point?
Terry Smith, '59 TR3A
New Hampshire...Where I drove twice to work and back, and on the way home
Friday, the top was down!
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