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

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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
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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.
 
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.
 
Might have been installed by the dealer, though. They frequently made small changes if it would help sell the car.
 
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
 
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.
 
The TR2's and early TR3's had a leather strap door pull. Macys's Garage has them for sale.

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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.
 

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Don Elliott said:
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.
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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
 
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.
 
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