triumphs
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: TR6 pin stripes

To: Charlie Frazer <cfrazer@ballmer.uoregon.edu>
Subject: Re: TR6 pin stripes
From: suhring <suhring@lancnews.infi.net>
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 07:04:20 -0500
Cc: "'triumphs@autox.team.net'" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Organization: InfiNet
References: <377529F94F85D111AE2F0000F801164C5E5ADF@ballmer.uoregon.edu>
Charlie:

Pin stripes were a dealer add on after the 6s arrived in the US.
That's why you will rarely see pin stripes on a right hand drive 6.

BTW, I did not put them on my 6.

Scott Suhring
Elizabethtown, PA
'70 TR6
'59 TR3

Charlie Frazer wrote:
> 
> Thanks to several of you who have provided helpful info on rear axle
> gaiters.
> Here's a cosmetics question about my '71 TR6:
>         Did all TR6s have pin stripes?  As I look at "Original TR4/4A/5/6"
> it's difficult to tell if all TR6s had them, or just some.  Since the book
> shows primarily British cars, there may be some differences from USA models.
> Or, maybe the stripes just show up better in pictures against high contrast
> colors like BRG(?)
>         Anyway, I'm trying to figure out what 's right on my Jasmine yellow
> 1971.  What's the width and approximate start/end points on the body?  Or,
> are these right for this car?
> Thank you for any suggestions.
> Charlie Frazer

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>