David Brady wrote:
> After contemplating several solutions to my TR250 arm rest
> installation dilemma (in my posting yesterday I described how
> proud I was of my window/regulator/inner&outer window
> seal installation only to discover that I neglected to first glue
> the arm rest to the door frame. Now I'm trying to figure a
> way out of the debacle (short of disassembling the entire
> door)) And, I came up with the idea of using TR6 door panels.
> I'm going to replace the entire interior anyway, and I think
> the TR6 panel has the arm rest integrated. Is this true? Can
> someone tell me what the differences are between a TR6
> panel and the TR250 panel. As you can probably see, I am
> not too worried about originality. Thanks,
>
> David Brady
> 68 Triumph TR250
> 97 Porsche 911
> 95 BMW R1100GS
> 90 Ford Mustang 5.0
David,
Late TR-6 panels have a grab handle in the middle of the door panel, but they
won't
fit on your TR-250 doors as there is no cut-out for the grab handle to recess
into.
IMHO your best bet is to install the TR-250 panels and leave the padded door
capping
off (hope you painted the top edges of the doors), then install a TR-4 type pull
handle above the panel, leaving the correct TR-250 panel intact. Just drill
two holes
and position the handle right above the door panel. It'll work great for
closing the
doors and if you ever take the seals out again, you can simply remove the TR-4
handle
and glue the correct top pad on, covering up the screw holes.
Regards,
Brian Schlorff '61 TR-4 '64 TR-4 '72 TR-6 '79 Spit
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