[TR] Radiator Shroud

[DAVID MASSEY]

although possibly with more risk of radiator damage in a small bump
 The pre-58 TR3's had just such a feature as part of the nose sheetmetal from the outset.  And since there is a bottom shelf there already the addition of these doesn't seem to me to add appreciably to the risk to the radiator.

And you're right, they do look like they could be fabricated by a rank amateur with access to a sheetmetal brake such as myself.  But then, my 57 doesn't need need these since it came from the factory with sheetmetal ductwork right up the sides of the radiator.  But I'm pretty proud of the sheetmetal fan shroud I made for the TR6.
Thanks for sharing.
 
Dave 

 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com>
To: TERRY SMITH <terryrs at comcast.net>
Cc: triumphs <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wed, Jul 24, 2019 9:45 pm
Subject: Re: [TR] Radiator Shroud

VHP 529, an Apple Green ex-works TR3A, is owned by a friend of mine in the UK.  (He just returned from the 2019 TR Register Liège-Brescia-Liège Rally, for those who have followed that -- in fact there were several American sidescreen cars in Europe for that event, possibly correspondents on here?)https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-jR7PQ3n/0/bb5ff095/O/i-jR7PQ3n.jpg

The car has original works competition aluminum air deflectors inside the shroud.  I've always liked these -- seems like a better design than the crappy paperboard production version, although possibly with more risk of radiator damage in a small bump than with cardboard.  They don't look like they'd be hard to fab were one so inclined.https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-hxbzKSs/0/6c5a7e69/O/i-hxbzKSs.jpg
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-mPG4VQX/0/0e755b25/O/i-mPG4VQX.jpg

Don1962 TR3B TSF202L

On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 8:48 PM TERRY SMITH <terryrs at comcast.net> wrote:

 When I restored the '3, I put in the usual cardboard shroud.  It lasted--I don't know--maybe three years?  Got caught several times in hard rain.  Next, I bought another cardboard shroud, but this time I used the plastic from a garage sale shower wall.  It lasted--I don't know--maybe five years, then cracked apart.  

While installing a new electric fan, I took the time while I was in there to use the cardboard shroud to trace out a shroud using this time a floor mat I'd had around that goes underneath a chair on a hardwood floor (no little spikes on the bottom).  In this heat, the floor mat was entirely flexible and bent easily, though it won't at lower temps.  Couple of screws to hold it down and done is done.

Looking forward to seeing how it does.  Gotta be better than cardboard.  
Meanwhile, with all these car mods, I'm thinking I could have been an engineer.  Just needed two things:  1)  more brains; and 3) more gray matter....

:o)
Terry Smith, '59 TR3A
New Hampshire


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