Osbert Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 I am new to TR ownership but noticed the ammeter on my '66 TR4a was a Lucas one, whilst all the other dials are Jaeger. I thought that perhaps it had been replaced over the years and then never paid it anymore attention, until yesterday when i was watching a TV prog on Discovery Shed called "Classic Car Club" (worth a watch by the way, apart from the rather over the top Garth from Waynes World lookalike). Anyway on the show they featured a TR4 which had the same dials, all Jaeger apart from the ammeter which was Lucas.. My question is Have all TR4's and A's got Lucas ammeters or were the Jaeger ones dodgy and got replaced by Lucas? cheers Osbert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TR 2100 Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Have all TR4's and A's got Lucas ammeters or were the Jaeger ones dodgy and got replaced by Lucas? All TR2/3/3A/3B/4/4A cars had Jaeger dials except for the ammeter, which was Lucas. AlanR Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian-Northampton Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Good question (and answer). This was going to be one of my things to search for whilst looking around the other cars at Malvern. Bri. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NickKerfoot Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Hi all! IIRC Jaeger never made an ammeter so a Lucas unit was fitted - certainly my '4 is like this. Perhaps the Lucas item is the only one that keeps the smoke inside the loom??? Regards Nick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alec Pringle Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 The British Jaeger production was Smiths for all practical purposes, and Smiths had a longstanding agreement with Lucas dividing various areas of motor component production between them. Hence Smiths (Jaeger) bought in Lucas ammeters, a practice which continued for many years after the original agreements expired. See the link below if you wish the arcane detail of the historical relationship . . . . http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1960_1969/fulltext/025c06.pdf Jaeger in France and in Switzerland produced ammeters along with just about every other variety of dashboard instrument, but this was proper quality stuff, not Smiths cheapies. Cheers, Alec Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Osbert Posted July 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 thanks all, good to know it is right and proper and great to know the history behind this. Cheers Osbert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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