[Fot] TR3 hardtop drip rails

[Joe Alexander]

Mine are aluminum and they appear anodized.



Joe Alexander
645 1st Street
Jesup, IA 50648
The-vintage-racer.com
Gasketinnovations.com
Cell:  319.464.4711

> On Feb 3, 2017, at 8:07 AM, Jack Wheeler via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> I have just finished restoring a hard top which I have had for over 30 years.  It came with a couple of 'parts cars' that I bought in 1985.  The top was on a TR-3B (1962) car which was crashed in the front end (major damage, but the hard top was untouched).  I don't know when the accident occurred, but the parts car appeared to have been sitting for a long time.  What I am trying to say is that this hard top had spent most of it's life stored in a garage, and was very complete and original.
> 
> The drip rails were aluminum, and I did not notice any plating, anodizing, etc.  They were probably polished before assembly onto the top.  Remember, mine came off a car that was built in 1962 and, as we all know, the British were prone to making a lot of changes as they went.  So what they used in 1962 may not have been what they used in 1955.
> 
> I too, can send pictures if that would help, but it sounds like you may have what you need.  Let me know.
> 
> Jack Wheeler
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> From: TeriAnn J. Wakeman via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> To: fot at autox.team.net 
> Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2017 2:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] TR3 hardtop drip rails
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>> On 1/29/17 10:26 PM, davehogye via Fot wrote:
>> Lorne,
>> I doubt that you will find the drip rail from Triumph parts suppliers.  Moss says NA.  It is a polished, perhaps plated or anodized, aluminum piece that can probably be replicated from a strip of aluminum with a short rolled edge.  I have a top with the drip rail in tack if you'd like a photo or two.
> 
> I thought they were stainless steel. Mine appears to be. I have never seen them listed for sale.
> 
> TeriAnn
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