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Re: [TR] TR4/4A bonnet stiffener brace.

To: <spamiam@comcast.net>, <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] TR4/4A bonnet stiffener brace.
From: Randy&Val DeRuiter <deruiterville@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 09:01:20 -0500
Tony-



The TR4 brace isn't diagonal, though I never checked to see if it is perfectly
straight.  One clue if your friend has a TR4 bonnet is to check how it
connects with the bonnet locating buffers - TR4s did not have a receptical for
the cone buffer, as the buffers were flat disks similar to a TR3.



Randy

64 TR4

59 TR3A

>
> This is a "replacement" bonnet after the original one was rather bent after
a
> collision a few years ago. Could this replacement be from a TR4, maybe an
> early one, that used the TR3 radiator which might be slightly narrower than
> the 4A type? I have never noticed a difference in the location of the
> longitudinal stiffener brace, but maybe it was changed over the years of
> production?!
>
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