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TR2/3/3A TR3 Body tags & Eng S/N

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That switch is like that and it's positioned just so. When I'm driving and want to flick into overdrive, I don't even have to take my hand off the wheel. I know it's right there. Remember it's 1954 or '55 and someone is driving down the Alps during a snowstorm in the classic Alpine Rally and he doesn't want to lose a millisecond looking for the switch - it's just there where it needs to be. TRs were designed to win.
 
Okay that makes sense.

BTW Don, I was looking for something yesterday in my Triumph (paper) file and came across a copy of The Triumph Tribune from April 1993. Among the TRs featured in the "How I Acquired My Triumph" section was both your TR3A and mine!

Your write up included a copy of the original bill of sale that shows that OD set you back $150. Nice catch.
 
George - Long live the Triumph Register of Southern California. I have been a member of TRSC for 22 years now even though I live in Montreal, Canada.

I was 20 years old when I bought my 1958 TR3A with overdrive. That $150.00 for the optional overdrive was a lot of money back then and it set me back the equivalent of approximately $1500 to $2000.00 in today's dollars, so it wasn't a cheap option. But I insisted that I wanted my TR to have overdrive, so that's what I waited for. I'm glad I got it that way.
 
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