peter moffatt Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 Hello All, Were all TR5 & 250 fitted with painted ( the same colour of the car ) top wing mouldings. I always thought that they were. I have seen CP 2 today & the mouldings were not painted, speaking to the dealer who owns the car he said that the early cars mouldings were not painted. Can anyone confirm either way. Cheers Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ntc Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 Painted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytr5 Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 Thought all the TR5s were painted the same body colour. Perhaps they changed to that after doing the first batch to visually look different to the TR4a. Regards Harry TR5 Nutter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ianhoward Posted July 16, 2017 Report Share Posted July 16, 2017 I've always been of the understanding that they were body colour... Cheers Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alec Pringle Posted July 16, 2017 Report Share Posted July 16, 2017 I think that all the mainstream production came painted. However, several period photos I looked at long ago suggested that at least some prototypes had plain beading as opposed to painted. The kind of small detail that might typically evolve between prototype and production. Cheers, Alec Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peter moffatt Posted July 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 Hello All, Thanks for the replies to my question about top wing mouldings. I have had a chat to Roger Ferris& he says that all TR5 & 250s had their top wing mouldings painted the body colour when being built. I saw a photo of CP2 when being shown as a show car & the mouldings were painted the same body colour of the car. Cheers Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
elclem1 Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 look at the 5 on Andrews post - painted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dennis Devon Group Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Hello All, Thanks for the replies to my question about top wing mouldings. I have had a chat to Roger Ferris& he says that all TR5 & 250s had their top wing mouldings painted the body colour when being built. I saw a photo of CP2 when being shown as a show car & the mouldings were painted the same body colour of the car. Cheers Peter Sorry to disagree but my history of my TR5 bought in 1973 at five years old, now owned for 45 years had rust coming through the wings and did not have painted wing beads. Photo taken that year. Dennis Hobbs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Fremont Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 There's a photo of the first TR250 coming off the line behind the last TR4A in Graham Robson's earlier book ( 1980 vintage? ) which gives a pretty good reference . Cheers, Tom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Harbottle Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Hi All Mine is a UK 1968 TR5 and has painted wing mouldings, I don't know why some have not.Understood they should all be painted body colour Regards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Harbottle Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Two topics down from this, Roger has posted a TR5 at the Earl's Court Motor Show 1967 and it has painted trim. Regards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peter.goreham Posted July 24, 2017 Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 Hi, Like Dennis Hobbs, bought my 5 in October 1974 and it was rusting in rear nearside wing. It had (and still does have) unpainted wing beads. I can't say it was supplied with them unpainted but it does seem odd that a previous owner would go to all the trouble and cost of either stripping or changing the wing beads. To me it has always seemed strange that Triumph went to the additional cost of having the wing beads pressed from stainless (matching the other side trims) if the intention was to paint them. Later It occurred to me that as at least some of the publicity photographs show cars with unpainted beads that when the customer received their new car and found them painted that they persuaded the dealer to change them FOC. Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TR5tar Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 (edited) Everything I've read on the subject says that the beads were painted body colour, and that's what I have on mine. As the 5 was a stopgap, I guess Triumph were thinking of ways in which it could be made to look a bit different to the 4A, and in the end it came down to the badges and trim. In some respects I prefer the trim and the individual letter badge layout on the 4A. Perhaps, as Peter says above, some of the original buyers asked the dealer to change the beading to the bare metal type, or maybe the occasional one left the factory with bare metal beading fitted by mistake. However, I think it's most likely that most if not all have had the bare metal beading fitted as part of a restoration. It does make me smile sometimes when people get hung up on these details. I occasionally have other 5 owners tell me that the metal door strips on my 5 are upside down (i.e the right hand side one should be on the left door and vice versa). I know that those that have told me this are correct and I will change them around at some point, but typically those that delight in telling me have non-standard seats (as do I) and various other non standard parts. I think if the car is a survivor or being made as original as possible, then these details are important. For the rest of us, it just comes down to taste. Darren Edited July 25, 2017 by TR5tar Quote Link to post Share on other sites
heckler Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 Just to be aware . If your trims are on the wrong side they could well have cut into the paint by the hump in the door, should you decide to correct them.Made this mistake myself back in the eighties. Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TR5tar Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 Just to be aware . If your trims are on the wrong side they could well have cut into the paint by the hump in the door, should you decide to correct them.Made this mistake myself back in the eighties. Chris Thanks Chris. I'll look out for that. Knowing what I'm like, I won't get around to it for a year or two anyway! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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