TR2/3/3A TR3 interior mystery question- door pull handles

[Fairview]

My TR3B has a mostly original interior, but there is a mystery that I can't resolve. There are chrome pull handles on the doors- are those original on the late TR3Bs?

Thanks! Jeff TR3B interior

 

[TR4nut]

I would say no. Never heard of the factory putting them on. If it did have pulls, I'd expect them to be the same as a TR4 while they built both together - but those aren't TR4 pulls.

 

[Geo Hahn]

Those make sense -- especially if you have tried slamming the door from the inside with the side curtains on.

But just because 'it makes sense' doesn't mean STC would have done it & I doubt they did.

I have seen a TR3 on ebay that had TR4 pulls -- not original but looked okay and useful.

 

[TR3driver]

Might have been installed by the dealer, though. They frequently made small changes if it would help sell the car.

 

[RonR]

My 1960 TR3A has interior door pulls but they look different than those shown in Jeff's picture. They were on the car when I bought it 3 years ago.

Ron

 

[vivdownunder]

Aftermarket fitment - quite different to the factory door pulls first used on TR4's.

I had the 154th last TR3B made with no such door pulls.

Viv.

 

[martx-5]

The TR2's and early TR3's had a leather strap door pull. Macys's Garage has them for sale.

 

[Don Elliott]

The door pull cables on my black 1958 TR3A came with a black tubular sheath over the wire wound cable - much like a hand-brake cable for a racing bicycle. It appears that someone may have taken off the black sheath and slid on chromish coloured ones.

Here is the cable system I used on a 1969 TR3A I restored. It is exactly as mine was when I bought it brand new in 1958.

 

[Fairview]

The door pull cables on my black 1958 TR3A came with a black tubular sheath over the wire wound cable - much like a hand-brake cable for a racing bicycle. It appears that someone may have taken off the black sheath and slid on chromish coloured ones.

Here is the cable system I used on a 1969 TR3A I restored. It is exactly as mine was when I bought it brand new in 1958.

Yes, I see that now. There is a silver gray one (cable housing) on the passenger side, and a black one on the driver's side. I never really noticed that until you mentioned it.

Jeff

 

[TR3driver]

Thanks for the tip, Art. I should probably pick up a set of those. AFAIK they lasted to the TR3/3A transition, when the doors were redesigned with external handles. But they aren't just "pulls", they also activate the door latch.