TorontoTim Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Good evening wise ones, My handbrake grip has got to the point of needing to be replaced and, lo and behold, I have discovered that my handbrake lever is the type that takes a screw-on grip. In other words, it's a TR3(A?)-type. As my TR4 is pretty early (October 1961) would you guess this is a production hang-over from the TR3A (which I've never seen noted anywhere) or do you think it's more likely to just be the result of a rebuild in times past when a TR3 lever happened to be easier to find in the local scrap-yard, box of bits in the shed, or whatever? Just curious... Tim (PS Thanks Bob/Lebro for recently posting a photo that showed me what I have) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don H. Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 I'd have guessed some previous repair with earlier parts, Tim. I think the slip-on grip came in a couple of years before your car was built, although that's not something where I know chapter and verse. My car (April 1962) has a slip-on grip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TorontoTim Posted May 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Thanks Don - that's what I suspected, but thought it worth asking, as you never know... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Not necessarily so Tim as your car was built 6 months before Dons often Triumph used up superseded parts when and where they could to keep costs down so its possible that your screw on one is original. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TorontoTim Posted May 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Thanks, Stuart. It would be useful to know if any TR3A's were delivered with the slip-on handbrake grip rather than screw-on. Anyone know? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Keith P Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 My TR4 is also an early car being built in February 62. I think Stuart is right, the handbrake grip is original, as my car also has a screw on hand brake grip. I always thought this was correct for the early TR4 cars produced. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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