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RE: [TR] Front Engine Plate Question

To: "TR Mailing List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: [TR] Front Engine Plate Question
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 22:54:50 -0700
> The front engine plate for my TR4A is not flush.  Seems to me like it is
> bent and needs straightening.
> Am I wrong on this?  Is it supposed to be this way?
>
> I've upload a pic for you to see for yourself in which I hold a straight
> edge along the backside of the plate.
> It shows the bend quite nicely!
>
> http://www.genfiniti.com/triumph/restoration/images/100_2071.jpg

I get "server not found" ... but the plate is supposed to be straight and flat,
while they frequently get bent over the years or if the car was in a collision.

Originals were steel, but FWIW Joe Alexander had some made in alloy.

Randall


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