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The TR-3 emblem on the apron is available in blue or red. How do you determine which is proper for a particular car. I have TS 60851L. Was there a cut off from red to blue? Thanks Tom
 
I forget the commision number of the cut-off from red to blue, but I have read that it was when B-L took over as blue and white are their colors. So whenever that occurred.

But by your commision number, the badges were blue and white.
 
Most places indicate the change to blue/white happened at around TS41878.

Edit: Looks like Andy was a bit quicker typing... :smile:
 
Looks like the badge colour changed to blue/white in 1959 at TS41878

Cheers,
Tush
 
Didn't it actually change to blue/white/black(across the bottom)in 59 and then later in 59 to blue/white?
 
Yes, there were some with a Black 'rocker' across the bottom (mine is one, TS47905L built 4/15/59) though I have never seen a definitive explanation of when or why.

And, of course, I think these dates would indicate the change had nothing to do with BL.
 
Andrew Mace said:
Geo Hahn said:
And, of course, I think these dates would indicate the change had nothing to do with BL.
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Correct; Standard-Triumph didn't merge with Leyland until 1961 (and it wasn't until 1968 that BMC got mixed into the stew to form British Leyland).
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Oh, well...
 
I am relativly new to this but have been enjoying my TR3A for over a year now. I was fortunate to find a whole binder full of Triumph service bulletins from 1958 through the early 60s. Included in one of those bulletins dated February 16, 1959, bulletin # 174 is the following statement.

"We have been advised that the following specification changes are being introduced on the Triumph TR-3.

Medallions on the Apron Panel to be changed from Red and Black to Blue and White."

There is no mention of a commission number cut over date.

I have a whole host of these bulletins that cover the TR-2, 3 and early 4 series. Also covered is what is called the Sedan and Estate Wagon. I am working on an index to cross reference these bulletins by bulleting #, date and topic as there is no such index in the binder and it causes one to read through them all to find what info you need. There is a lot of info in these bulletins that includes cut over of different items, warranty repairs and general guidelines on how to go about some repairs that are covered and thse that are not. Once I am done, I plan on finding a place to scan and post these for the TR community at large. You will hear more from me in the future.
Ray
 
That sounds great, Ray! I've got some of them myself that I've been meaning to scan, but they are mostly later ones.

Before putting too much work into scanning, you might want to check which ones have already been done:
https://www.tjwakeman.net/TR/Service_sheets.htm
 
Thanks for the tip but I notice that the service bulletins I have are right in between those shown on the site. In fact, I see only one duplicate. I can help complete this set so I contacted the site owner to see what is possible to supplement the site.

Thanks again
Ray
 
Ray, I've sent you a PM.

I've been collecting the service bulletins for many months and have gathered over 500 ones additional to the web site mentioned above. I am preparing these for publication to a web site, but oddly enough I have a large gap in the years mentioned by Ray. There is a vast amount of useful information in these bulletins and I want to make them available to ALL Triumph owners. I do not want to horde these! I would be extremely interested in seeing what other bulletins are out there.

gary
 
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