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In reality, the TS number when an engineering change was made may be slightly off. In most cases, the information is taken from factory publications. I certainly don’t hold myself out as an expert or authority so your comments are welcome! It seems like we learn something new every day about TR2’s. What follows is an attempt to consolidate what we know about TR2 originality.
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References Include But Are Not Limited To: Triumph Factory Spare parts Catalogue (editions 1, 2, 3, & 4) Triumph factory repair manuals 1954 & 1955 Triumph Factory Service Bulletins Bill Piggott’s books Original Triumph and Triumph by Name Triumph by Nature the personal research of Ian Gibson, Hans Kooij, Jeffery Kelley, The Roadster Factory, John Saunders, Justin Wagner, John Warfield, Pete Wigglesworth, and many others.Įdited and Adapted to HTML by Rick Reeves Photos: Bill Colaric, Blake Discher, Mike Duggan, Beverly Floyd, Jeffrey Kelley, Lou Metelko, Bill Redinger, Joe Richards, John Saunders, David Somerville, Justin Wagner, and Jim Williams. Technical Consultants: Bill Redinger and John Saunders. There you go - you now know the quick and easy ways to differentiate between the models of the TR2/TR3 series.īy Bill Lynn, revised July, 2010, now includes more than 140 reference photos.
Without examining the engine compartment, it is difficult to tell a late TR3A apart from a TR3B. So the company put the 2.2 liter TR4 engine in left-over TR3 body stock, and created the TR3B, of which 3,331 were built. Triumph had released the svelte new TR4, but sales were initially disappointing, particularly in the USA. The final version of the TR3 came in 1962. At 58,236 cars, this is the most common of TR2/TR3 series. In 1958, Triumph opened up the grill to increase air flow and the TR3A “wide mouth” was born. Production reached nearly 17,000 for this model of TR3. This model can be recognized by its grill: the opening is still small, but the grill itself is no longer far recessed, but nearly flush with the front valence. In late 1955, the TR3 “small mouth” was introduced. This difference in wiper spacing is surprisingly noticeable on the cars and even in photographs, enabling one to look at a picture of a TR2 with an unknown identity and say with some certainty that it is a sub-TS995 car!Īfter the first few thousand TR2s, the Triumph factory responded to complains from owners who scraped the door bottoms on curbs by shortening the door skins, and introduced the TR2 model which has come to be known as the “small mouth short door.” Altogether, approximately 8600 TR2s were built.
As the spindle holes are punched into the front scuttle and as it seems unlikely that anyone would ever alter this spacing during a rebuild, the narrow spacing remains a reliable guide to a genuine early TR2. At TS995, the spacing was increased to 14.5 inches. The earliest cars had their windscreen wipers only 10.5 inches apart, which caused only a relatively narrow area of the windscreen to be wiped. To spot a really early TR2, check the wiper spindle spacing. The early “small mouth, long door” has a small, recessed front grille and door skins that extend down to the bottom of the rocker panel. The first was the TR2, built from 1952 to 1955.
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They all resemble bulldogs - short-squat, full of vigor, with distinguishing cut-away doors. One model of TR2/3 can be difficult to tell from another unless you know what to look for. Weight, curb condition (excluding extra equipment),īut complete with gasoline, oil, water and tools.īy Ken Streeter, with input from Keith Martin and Bill Piggott
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Side windows added to top for better rear visionįixed window side curtains / zippers replaced wedge sliding type Long doors removed in favor of short doors and rocker panelsĬhrome front hinges added, inside bonnet release dropped in favor of Dzus fasteners, bonnet louvres
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License plate lamp replaced red tail-stop lamp at center rear Water filler moved from thermostat housing to radiator No.Įarls Court Motor Show Car, October 1972 (20TS, or TR1)