TR2/3/3A WTB/looking for TR3 parts

[hermanmaire]

I am in need of a few items that have gone missing since the car got striped down. If you have a item I am looking for PM me a price ect... It would be great is somebody had most of the items I need to save on shipping. The parts do not have to be perfect .

1-thermostat housing
2- transmission cross memeber
3-crank vent tube
4- pedal cluster with cylinders + brackets
5- rear shocks in OK condition
6- upper steering shaft tube with support brackets+lower bracket by the steering box
7- emergency brake levers on the rear axle
8-engine dip stick
9- starter
10- engine bay cross bar
11- clutch cylinder with bracket's
12- exhaust manifold
13- door lock mechanism L+R sides
14- wiper arm
15- L+R door top caps ( covered in vinyl )
16- oil pressure + amp gauge
17- dash handle ( passenger side)
18- brackets to install dash ( I forget if there are any)

please let me know if you have these items.

Thanks

 

[Tinkerman]

From your profile I know/think you have a TR3. Need to know all the particulars. I may be able to help you with an item or two but have to know what you have.

Regards, Tinkerman

 

[TR3driver]

Since he's asking for the upper steering tube and door locks, it must be at least a TR3A. That identifies pretty much everything, except the starter.

 

[Mickey Richaud]

Don't have any of those, but I do have a stainless steel exhaust downpipe, left over from the restoration I did several years back.

Mickey

 

[Perrymip]

These are not especially esoteric items. I would think two weeks tuned to Ebay would turn up most of them.

But I guess you're right in thinking that many people on this forum have stashes of spare parts. This is an abundance of dedicated TR people in one place.

I guess I prize much more the availability of information and the extraordinary willingness of people to share that rare item.

 

[hermanmaire]

Thanks everybody for your replies.... I really do appreciate it and I am very happy to be a new member here, its much more busy here then triumphexperience.com which is a very nice site just not to many people.

My car is a TR3A but I forget the year right now... I would have to go look at the title to be sure. I have been working on this car A LOT this past month and I am really trying to get this thing on the road this summer. I will be posting a bunch of picture soon.

 

[GilsTR]

If you will click on the link at the bottom of this post you should go to the Triumph Travelers site in the SF Bay Area.
on that link you will see phone number for member Bud Morris
who takes care of the clubs collection of TR3 parts. You won't believe what Bud has...and he is very knowledgeable...and very fair priced. Good Luck. Gil

https://www.triumphtravelers.org/marketplace.php

 

[martx-5]

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My car is a TR3A but I forget the year right now... I would have to go look at the title to be sure.

Better yet, give us the commission number (VIN). Often these cars were registered in later years then their actual production.

I may have some of the parts you're looking for. I'll dig around today and see what I come up with. But get us the commission number so we know what version of the parts you need.

 

[TR3driver]

Better yet, give us the commission number (VIN). Often these cars were registered in later years then their actual production.

Plus of course, Triumph paid essentially no attention to "year" when making changes. Many significant (in terms of what parts fit what cars) changes were made in mid-year; some of them not even at any particular commission number.

And there is the added risk that a previous owner/mechanic has changed something; either through ignorance or because only the 'wrong' part was available at the time. So, for example, you really should check your flywheel to see which starter you need. Early (nominally before TS50000) flywheels with the pressed-on ring gear need the early starter with the enclosed drive. Later flywheels with the bolt-on ring gear need the later starter with the exposed drive. If you get the wrong one, it may work at first, but not for long.

Sorry I don't have any photos handy; please ask if that isn't clear enough.

 

[hermanmaire]

If you will click on the link at the bottom of this post you should go to the Triumph Travelers site in the SF Bay Area.
on that link you will see phone number for member Bud Morris
who takes care of the clubs collection of TR3 parts. You won't believe what Bud has...and he is very knowledgeable...and very fair priced. Good Luck. Gil

https://www.triumphtravelers.org/marketplace.php

Thanks for the link, much appreciated. I already have a few PM's for parts but I will still follow up with Bud.

The Vin on my car- 0TS38806L , I still dont understand why theres a zero at the start of the vin#. Transmission- TS 81560E .

My flywheel does have the bolt on starter ring.... I had no idea there were 2 types.

Thanks again everybody for your help.

 

[Tinkerman]

If I'm reading my Moss motor catalog right your commissions number puts your car in the latter of the 1958 production year. Some one will correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the "O" at the beginning mean that it was an overdrive car?

Anyhow at least you know that it is a 1958 model year car.

Cheers, Tinkerman

 

[Don Elliott]

I have the answer as to why you have a zero before the TS number. My 1958 TR3A was built in 1958 and I bought it new in Montreal in 1958. My Comm. No. plate has an "8" stamped in front of the TS number. This refers to 1958. When a car was imported into Canada, the year of entry (or the year it was sold and/or first licensed in any province of Canada) had a pre-fix number stamped onto the Comm. No. plate to identify the year.

The reason for this was to prevent unscrupulous dealers selling - say a 1954 VW as a 1960 in 1961. So your TR was sold in 1960 and may be registered on your paperwork as a 1960. But your Comm. No. tells me it was built about June 1958, so it might have been sitting on a dealers lot for two years. That's hard for me to believe.

Or maybe the Comm. No. plate comes from another car. Or maybe your car was built out of two cars and some PO took the other plate. If your engine number is within 300 or 400 numbers of your Comm. No. then the plate is probably right for your TR and the engine would most likely be the original engine as well. If it's not within that range, maybe the engine could have been from another car.

 

[TR4nut]

Interesting information on the Canada commission plate variation - maybe that "0" is just an "8" that has been too lightly stamped?

Randy

 

[Andrew Mace]

The Vin on my car- 0TS38806L , I still dont understand why theres a zero at the start of the vin#. Transmission- TS 81560E .

My flywheel does have the bolt on starter ring.... I had no idea there were 2 types.

Looking at Don's commission plate photo, it's easy to suspect that anyone could've misread an "8" at the beginning as a "0"; that would be a bit more logical than the car having sat two years before being registered (unless a dealer used it for awhile before titling it).

And the gearbox number seems to be much later, which might explain the bolt-on ring gear. What's the engine number? I wonder if, at some point, the car got a quick engine-and-gearbox transplant from a later car?

<span style="font-style: italic">Oh, wait: did you mean ENGINE number TS81560E? ("E" is for engine, usually, and it's not found on the gearbox.) That almost certainly explains the bolt-on ring gear.</span>

Oh, and "O" for overdrive comes at the very END of the commission number.

 

[Don Elliott]

Judges at TRA on occasion have given me a hard time with that "8" because it was not there originally when it left the factory. I have swayed them sometimes but other judges just ignore what I say and they "go by the book".

 

[TR3driver]

Judges at TRA on occasion have given me a hard time with that "8" because it was not there originally when it left the factory.

I'd ask them how much they will deduct for the chrome bumpers and headlights; which also were not there when the car left the factory.

This attitude (mine and theirs) is part of why I don't 'show' my Triumphs.

 

[TR3driver]

<span style="font-style: italic">Oh, wait: did you mean ENGINE number TS81560E? ("E" is for engine, usually, and it's not found on the gearbox.) That almost certainly explains the bolt-on ring gear.</span>

Also means you should check that the gearbox has the extended starter bulge required for the later exposed drive starter. You wouldn't be the first to find an assembled car with an impossible combination!

If you do have a mismatched flywheel/gearbox, the easiest solution might be an aftermarket "gear drive" starter. The later version gear drive will fit with the early gearbox.

 

[hermanmaire]

Wow... thanks for all the info. My car is marked down as a 1960 year model, it would be pretty weird if it was really a 1958. My car is a large mouth nosed car.

Also, that TS81560E was the engine #, my mistake. The transmission # is TS81590 . I guess I am pretty lucky that I am not concerned with being 100% accurate in my rebuild... I cant wait to post some pictures of my car once it gets done pretty soon and to get some feed back from some fellow triumph owners, Im sure the purist will cringe but thats OK.

 

[TR3driver]

The "large mouth" apron came in at TS22014, so that much is correct.

And if Don's theory is correct, then the leading '0' would match the 1960 registration (given the TR3's general level of heating and insulation, I can well imagine that they didn't sell well above the 49th parallel).

So, most likely, it just had the drivetrain from a later car transplanted at some point. If the body was from TS815xx, then it would have the raised plinths (platforms) for the hinges and the level platform behind the seats; plus rounded corners on the doors.

Other differences would include push-on instead of banjo fuel fittings on the carbs; 9" rear brakes instead of 10"; and a rheostat for the panel lights instead of a simple push/pull switch.

If the purists cringe, just let em! I'm staying a little closer to original with TS13571L (at least for the moment, except for the later front apron) but TS39781LO was a real hodge-podge of parts and still just as much fun (if not more).

 

[hermanmaire]

The "large mouth" apron came in at TS22014, so that much is correct.

And if Don's theory is correct, then the leading '0' would match the 1960 registration (given the TR3's general level of heating and insulation, I can well imagine that they didn't sell well above the 49th parallel).

So, most likely, it just had the drivetrain from a later car transplanted at some point. If the body was from TS815xx, then it would have the raised plinths (platforms) for the hinges and the level platform behind the seats; plus rounded corners on the doors.

Other differences would include push-on instead of banjo fuel fittings on the carbs; 9" rear brakes instead of 10"; and a rheostat for the panel lights instead of a simple push/pull switch.

If the purists cringe, just let em! I'm staying a little closer to original with TS13571L (at least for the moment, except for the later front apron) but TS39781LO was a real hodge-podge of parts and still just as much fun (if not more).

Randal, thanks you for the info... I will have to look at the rear brake drums but I know for sure I have the raised hinge area. Thats my goal with this car is just for fun and I think it will deliver easily .

I am still looking for most of these parts.... I just bought a engine cross bar on ebay but I would really like to speed the parts buying up so I can get the car done by the end of the month. ANYBODY have any parts hanging around that the want to sell. PLEASE let me know.

I had a lot of leads but nothing materialized. Let me know.
Thanks again.