reckthor Posted August 23, 2010 Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 ok i have a tr2 and im looking for some info here are some photos the com # is ts179L there is a # by the battery the reads eb182 it has aluminum hood and trunk comer it is a left hand drive my grand father got it in Bern Switzerland if there anything anyone can tell me please do i can send photos if needed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TR 2100 Posted August 23, 2010 Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 ok i have a tr2 and im looking for some info here are some photos the com # is ts179L there is a # by the battery the reads eb182 it has aluminum hood and trunk comer it is a left hand drive my grand father got it in Bern Switzerland if there anything anyone can tell me please do i can send photos if needed Hi reckthor, Welcome to the Forum - and with a very early TR2. The EB 192 (body number) is consistent with the TS 179 L so the body is original. Aluminium hoods (bonnets) were fitted to the very early TR2s, so that is original (and a very nice detail to have). Do you mean aluminium boot lid? You can get an official Trace showing the original date of build and specification through the TR Register - Bill Piggott. Details of cost and how to apply are in the TR Register newsletters. Would like to see some photos - I will PM you with my email address. AlanR Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S Posted August 23, 2010 Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 Hi Reckthor, and welcome to the Forum. There were 305 TR2s were made in 1953, so yours is a 1953 car. The very first TR2 was made on 22.07.53. The aluminium bonnets (hoods) were deleted around February 1954 so yours would be correct. The early cars like yours had an aluminium bonnet and aluminium spare wheel cover, but I don't think they had an aluminium boot lid originally. The 'L' of the commission number stands for Left hand drive, so that seems correct as well. If there was an 'O' after the 'L' that would mean the car had overdrive originally, so the fact that yours doesn't have the 'L' means that originally it was a non overdrive car. If the engiune is original the engine number, begining TS... should be close to the commission number but possibly a slightly higher number. The trace that you can obtain through the TR Register mentionned by Alan above does not give the engine number. Early TR2 were painted Ice Blue, Geranium, Olive yellow, Pearl white, and Black. Is your's still one of these colours ? Best of luck with the car. You are very fortunate to have such an early one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Larnder Posted August 23, 2010 Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 ok i have a tr2 and im looking for some info here are some photos the com # is ts179L there is a # by the battery the reads eb182 it has aluminum hood and trunk comer it is a left hand drive my grand father got it in Bern Switzerland if there anything anyone can tell me please do i can send photos if needed Hi Reckthor. You will get all the help you need through this forum and the Register for such an early TR2, we are all very interested in such a vintage model and would do anything we can to help you restore it and return it to the road. Do you live in Switzerland as well? as there has been much talk on the forum recently about trips to the Stelvio pass and those nearby, and I myself intend to go there next year, but from Southern Spain where I am, it is a long way to get there but as we all say "NO WHERE IS FAR IN A TR". Please keep us all informed on your decisions and progress, and let's have those pictures you say you have. Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted August 23, 2010 Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 Welcome to the forum. Thats a very nice car and definitely needs to be put back on the road. Surprising how many early cars are still around and still turning up. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
reckthor Posted August 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 (edited) here is the link to the photos http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll107/diamondhart1990/tr2/ Edited August 23, 2010 by reckthor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
reckthor Posted August 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 i have updated the photo link with 26 new photos Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Smith Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 Nice - keep us posted on progress. Cheers Andrew Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ntc Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 Very very nice keep them coming,very interesting was the pic's of the jack thank you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wee Willy Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Yes, another early TR2 turns up...amazing what is still out there... As a correction to Trevor, my build traces DO usually record the enging no for very early cars...the first few hundred, so he may be lucky...Also a very few very early cars did have aluminium boot lids and the first 600 or so cars had aluminium spare wheel doors...Bill Piggott Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Larnder Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Hi Guys I was very interested to see that his car has a KmH speedo which I and a lot of us other continental owners would like to have, I can't comment though on the originality of the ammeter for early TR2's anybody know? Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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