Good day everyone.. My wife and I were sold this 1955 TR3 from our 93 year old neighbor. He told us that if he sells it to us that he wanted to see it finished before he dies. He had owned it for the last 45 years, but his health is not very good anymore, and he just didn't have the strength or desire to complete it. The motor and transmission have been rebuilt. New brakes, and exhaust. Right now I am getting the body put back together so that I can start the minimal body work, and then get it ready for paint.
I sent to get information on the car from the British Motor Museum, and the information was that it was built Dec. 19, 1955 and sent to a dealership in Hawaii. When my neighbor got it, it was red with a white racing stripe offset , and had racing badges painted on the trunk lid. My neighbor thought that it may have returned to England to be raced, but there's no way to know that for sure I think. How it ended up here in the states is the question of the day I guess.
My goal is to have this on the road by late summer of this year, so that my neighbor can get a ride in it, and enjoy the wind in his hair like he wanted to do with his late wife many years ago before she passed.
I have built and repaired a number of American cars and trucks, so the only thing I am concerned with is the positive ground stuff on these cars... Forgot to mention the comm. # TS9569
Thanks for having me in the group.
I sent to get information on the car from the British Motor Museum, and the information was that it was built Dec. 19, 1955 and sent to a dealership in Hawaii. When my neighbor got it, it was red with a white racing stripe offset , and had racing badges painted on the trunk lid. My neighbor thought that it may have returned to England to be raced, but there's no way to know that for sure I think. How it ended up here in the states is the question of the day I guess.
My goal is to have this on the road by late summer of this year, so that my neighbor can get a ride in it, and enjoy the wind in his hair like he wanted to do with his late wife many years ago before she passed.
I have built and repaired a number of American cars and trucks, so the only thing I am concerned with is the positive ground stuff on these cars... Forgot to mention the comm. # TS9569
Thanks for having me in the group.
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