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Mario Radice at our local Oakville Apple Autoglass, changed, what I felt to be the original glass, with a tinted version and TRF moulding. The hot weather helped by softening the rubber and the insert. While I was initially apprehensive about the tinted glass, I must say that I am now well pleased - what a pleasure to be able to see through a windshield! The images show what we found underneath which made me curious, and soliciting any comments, which would be welcome...

- there was no rust, which was a pleasant surprise

- Mario felt that the sealant may also be original, but who knows.

- The frame seems to be the same colour (damson) as the car which is not a standard 4A colour. any comments on this though I understand that Belgian CKD car colours were at the discretion of that plant

- The black paint on the frame is painted over the colour - can any one advise whether the 4A frame ex-factory was body colour or black.

Apologies as I can't seem to get images correctly oriented.

 

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Hi Alf,

 

Are you sure it is Damson on the frame, looks like Signal red on the photos. TR4A were usually supplied with body coloured frames. I don't think sealant was used originally, probably added by a previous owner.

 

Cheers

 

Graeme

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Is the channel for the separate sealing rubber still fitted to the rear sides of the frame?

Stuart.

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Hi Stuart - I'm not sure about the channel you refer to, is a part of the frame or the rubber? maybe you have an image to help me?

 

Hi Graeme - The chassis is missing the commission plate so I don't know the ex-factory colour code. It may not be Damson - just looks like a maroon and seems too dark to be signal red. I will check the code on an rattle can I got many years ago to spray parts of the engine bay

 

Thx for input, much appreciated, as I am still trying to identify the many features of the vehicle relative to any heritage records, which are slim to non-existent on the Belgian CKD cars. I will start a new thread on that aspect.

Thx again

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If its an original TR4/4A windscreen frame then it would have a channel spot welded to the front edge of each upright side to take a rubber seal that goes against the side window.

Like this.

Stuart.

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Yes that looks correct to me. The colour could be anything really as the CKD cars were available in any colour from the Triumph range and also pretty much anything else the customer requested.

Stuart.

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Hi Graeme,

Just a follow-up as promised. I checked the rattle-can from 14 years ago - FWIW, the label notes "Carmine Red, Rover code CAA". It's probably as suggested by Stuart that the CKD TR's used paint from stock irrespective of model.

Cheers,

Alf

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