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Re: TR6 Interior Door Pull

To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: TR6 Interior Door Pull
From: James Sudduth <james.sudduth@autodesk.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 09:46:27 -0800
At 07:55 AM 1/7/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Rodney Orr wrote:
>> 
>> Scott,
>> My guess is that it is not original.  My '70 TR6 is fairly original and has
>> neither the chromed pull as you describe nor the crash pad finger pulls.
>> TR4s and 4As did have hinged, chromed interior door pulls like yours and
>> may have been added by the PO.   Also, if not mistaken, the doors are some
>> of the few body panels carried over from the 4s to the 5/250/6.  Could your
>> doors be from a 4/4A?
>> Rod.   '70 TR6  CC55899L
>
>
>Rod and the group:
>
>How can I tell if the door may be a carry over from a TR250? There is no
>indication that the TR6 was ever in an accident, thus requiring the doors
>(both have the pulls) to be replaced and rust is minimal throughout the 
>entire body, with some minor but not rotted at the bottoms of each door.
>
>Is there any numbering or tell tail sign to determine that the doors
>could be a factory carry over from the TR5 or TR250?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Scott Suhring
>Elizabethtown, PA
>'70 TR6
>

If I remember right, the door lock was separate from and below the door
handle on TR4, TR4A, TR250 and TR5. With the TR6 it was made integral with
the handle. Other than that, I don't know how you'd tell them apart.

Jim Sudduth
jims@autodesk.com
'74 TR6 CF20076U
Berkeley, California USA


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