[TR] TR3A Front cowl letter placement

[THOMAS FANSHER]

I'm TS76120L  it's not the original cowl but one that was obtained from the 
dealer about 1973 or 74.  The original letters were used in the new cowl, I 
don't know if they were predrilled or not ,, too long ago.
Tom

Subject: Re: [TR] TR3A Front cowl letter placement


> -----Original Message-----
> From: THOMAS FANSHER <tfansher at comcast.net>
>
> I have a template for the letter placement for the front cowling on my 
> TR3,
> BUT it's for the earlier 3's.  The post 60,000 models are DIFFERENT - 
> luckily
> I didn't just drill the holes and then find out ;^)  -- very atypical of
> me....
> Anyone out there have the letters off the cowl and able to make a 
> template?
>
> ==AM==
> Tom, I can't help, but (at risk of opening up another "late TR3A/TR3B 
> front apron" debate) I would suggest that this change from "ribbed" to 
> "smooth" letters is significantly later than TS60001 and future. For what 
> it's worth, I can vouch for (recently sold and now finally being restored 
> by a new owner) TS71909L, built 3/28/60, having its original front apron 
> with the wider "ribbed" letters. I suspect that the change to the narrower 
> "smooth" letters came well later than that.
>
> Curious: how "late" is your car? and, to your knowledge, does it have the 
> original front apron?
>
> --Andy  Mace