OldBob Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 I'm considering re-pinning the original brass door hinges on the TR2 and a friend two counties away has offered to send me a brand new OS top hinge he had left overfrom a TR3A (post TS60000) rebuild. Slightly different shape and pivot arrangement but the hole patterns seems very close to the earlier cars. Can anyone advise if it would be usable ? Thanks Bob TS60000 Hinge shape.docx Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ian Vincent Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 When I bought my car it had an old TR3 style door with brass hinges on one side and the other side was a regular TR3a door with a hinge as you show in your post, so presumably they are interchangeable. Rgds Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JeffR Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 Yes, when I came to restore the hinges on my TR3 last year I found that I had hinges of each type. The TR3A style on the nearside door and brass hinges on the OS door. They both seem to work fine in my TR3. JEFFR Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iain Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 My 3a has always had brass hinges, do we know when did the change happened? Iain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OldBob Posted February 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 1 hour ago, iain said: My 3a has always had brass hinges, do we know when did the change happened? Iain Post TS60000. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iain Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Thanks Bob, I should have known that :-) Iain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 12 hours ago, OldBob said: Post TS60000. Ish, some of the changes came in a bit earlier. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
james christie Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 (edited) My 3A is a 613** and initially had the steel hinges and all steel doors. When I rebuilt the car (some 42 years ago!) I had an opportunity to buy a pair of doors -with the beech wood insets - from an earlier car to replace my rotted out ones. Memory fades with time but I replaced the steel hinges with brass ones, I am nearly certain because I had to, so I don’t think brass and steel ones are interchangeable but I stand to be corrected. james Edited February 23, 2021 by james christie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Herrod Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Not sure what this adds to the conclusions, but I am just fitting up the doors o my car at the moment. It has is a pre- 60,000 shell but has clearly picked up a whole host of mongrel bits over the years - including the later all-steel doors. These are hung on brass hinges that would be correct for the body and work OK with the later doors. Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OldBob Posted February 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 8 hours ago, stuart said: Ish, some of the changes came in a bit earlier. Stuart. Stuart, I'm just asking if the steel hinge fits the early door? Thanks Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 49 minutes ago, OldBob said: Stuart, I'm just asking if the steel hinge fits the early door? Thanks Bob TBH I think they do as the re-engineering wasn’t that in depth Stuart Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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