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Randall, you might be right about the molding being vinyl covered -- my
statement about chrome isn't authoritative. Somehow I have a memory of
holding one of those molding strips in my hand once upon a time, somewhere,
someone's.... In my mind's eye I see a chrome-plated metal strip with
threaded studs on the backside, arched to fit the door sill where the side
curtain would have been fixed. But I can't think where I got that memory,
or even if it was here in the US or in the UK.
On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 9:34 PM Randall <TR3driver@ca.rr.com> wrote:
> Here's a shot of another car with the GT kit. Makes the strip look more
> vinyl covered to me, but might have been chrome.
>
> ISTR Piggott wrote that the outside handles in the GT kit were different
> than the TR3A handles. For one thing (again IIRC), the 3A doors had a
> raised plinth for the handle base, but the GT handles just bolted to the
> door surface.
>
> -- Randall
> 56 TR3 TS13571L once and future daily driver
> 71 Stag LE1473 - awaiting engine rebuild
> 71-2-3 Stag - awaiting gearbox rebuild
>
> > The image from the 1957 Alpine Rally shows the GT kit Randall
> > mentioned on that TR3 -- note the chrome molding strip on the
> > lower edge of the fixed side curtains, which with the hardtop
> > let the TR3 compete in a different rally class.
> >
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Randall, you might be right about the molding being vinyl =
covered -- my statement about chrome isn't authoritative.=C2=A0 Somehow=
I have a memory of holding one of those molding strips in my hand once upo=
n a time, somewhere, someone's....=C2=A0 In my mind's eye I see a c=
hrome-plated metal strip with threaded studs on the backside, arched to fit=
the door sill where the side curtain would have been fixed.=C2=A0 But I ca=
n't think where=C2=A0I got that memory, or even if it was here in the U=
S or in the UK.</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=
=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 9:34 PM Randall <<a href=3D"mail=
to:TR3driver@ca.rr.com">TR3driver@ca.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockq=
uote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1p=
x solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Here's a shot of another car=
with the GT kit.=C2=A0 Makes the strip look more<br>
vinyl covered to me, but might have been chrome.<br>
<br>
ISTR Piggott wrote that the outside handles in the GT kit were different<br=
>
than the TR3A handles.=C2=A0 For one thing (again IIRC), the 3A doors had a=
<br>
raised plinth for the handle base, but the GT handles just bolted to the<br=
>
door surface.<br>
<br>
-- Randall <br>
56 TR3 TS13571L once and future daily driver<br>
71 Stag LE1473 - awaiting engine rebuild<br>
71-2-3 Stag - awaiting gearbox rebuild <br>
<br>
> The image from the 1957 Alpine Rally shows the GT kit Randall <br>
> mentioned on that TR3 -- note the chrome molding strip on the <br>
> lower edge of the fixed side curtains, which with the hardtop <br>
> let the TR3 compete in a different rally class.<br>
> <br>
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