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Frank

 

Yes its a totally original TR areo screen probably NOS . Glass , Rubber , Chrome perfect .

 

Unfortunately not mine !

 

David

 

for sale??? :o

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Hi,

I have a set of Brooklands that I am fitting to my TR2 did not like the fixings supplied and I wanted to use original holes. So I am having a couple sets of brackets made that will provide the correct offset alloying me to use the existing holes. These brakets will be polished alloy.

 

Regards Jim

 

 

Jim: Great idea! I have heard that many owners of the Brooklands style screens prefer this approach to the use of sheet metal screws. Are your screens aluminum or brass? Plated with chrome or polished aluminum? Would appreciate a photo when you finish the adapting brackets.

 

Cheers,

 

Frank

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Frank ,

tried but no way is he selling it . But I keep pushing him to make some replicas .

He will do it eventually , but I want them now !

 

David

Eventually may never come....

 

Actually, I really like the cut-down wrap-around windscreen used on the TR2 at the Jabekke Speed Trials...Now the question....Would my car be considered "modified" or "period correct" if I copied the Jabekke TR windscreen?

 

Rick

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Eventually may never come....

 

Actually, I really like the cut-down wrap-around windscreen used on the TR2 at the Jabekke Speed Trials...Now the question....Would my car be considered "modified" or "period correct" if I copied the Jabekke TR windscreen?

 

Rick

 

 

 

Rick ,

 

 

you could make a Jabbeke type screen , but you better be very short . From the photos its a very small screen height . OK if you drive your car without the seat cushion in place , but a bit painful on the backside .

 

Some of the Le Mans car screens would be more practical than a Jabbeke screen . Higher screen height and look a lot easier to make .

 

yours David

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As a member of the 4-man Committee of the Spares Development Fund (SDF), I can confirm that we have been trying to progress this for at least 3 years. However, as Chris Cunnington has explained, it is by no means simple. There's a lot of individual metal parts, all of which seem to be "special" (even the wing nuts), and a piece of glass with sealing rubber. If Clive really believes he could make it happen, I suggest he contacts Mike Ellis (TR2/3 Registrar - e-mail in the back of TRaction). The SDF is prepared to put money towards the project, as long as we are certain the COMPLETE screens can be manufactured in small batches - probably some 100 pairs as a starter. Together with Mervyn Parkes, I shall be at the Triumph Show at Stoneleigh on Sunday 11th February, if anyone wishes to discuss this further.

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As a member of the 4-man Committee of the Spares Development Fund (SDF), I can confirm that we have been trying to progress this for at least 3 years. However, as Chris Cunnington has explained, it is by no means simple. There's a lot of individual metal parts, all of which seem to be "special" (even the wing nuts), and a piece of glass with sealing rubber. If Clive really believes he could make it happen, I suggest he contacts Mike Ellis (TR2/3 Registrar - e-mail in the back of TRaction). The SDF is prepared to put money towards the project, as long as we are certain the COMPLETE screens can be manufactured in small batches - probably some 100 pairs as a starter. Together with Mervyn Parkes, I shall be at the Triumph Show at Stoneleigh on Sunday 11th February, if anyone wishes to discuss this further.

 

I will have a report very soon regarding the project on this side of the pond. Seems that I have a source for a genuine "engineering sample". I will keep you all apprised as this develops. Incidentally, I discovered my company routinely uses 3-dimensional scanning and multi-axis CNC milling to produce engineering prototypes for all sorts of automotive and hydraulic components, including superchargers! :)

 

Check this out: http://www.eatonperformance.com/supercharg...erchargers.html

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I will have a report very soon regarding the project on this side of the pond. Seems that I have a source for a genuine "engineering sample". I will keep you all apprised as this develops. Incidentally, I discovered my company routinely uses 3-dimensional scanning and multi-axis CNC milling to produce engineering prototypes for all sorts of automotive and hydraulic components, including superchargers! :)

 

Check this out: http://www.eatonperformance.com/supercharg...erchargers.html

Frank - if you think you have a viable project with these aeroscreens, please contact me direct: ifcornish@btinternet.com The Spares Development Fund (SDF) might well be able to assist with the financing.

Incidentally, members of the TR Register are NOT automatically members of the SDF - there is a separate, one-off, fee to join the SDF. It is a minimum of £5 (that was set in the early 1970s), but I would suggest that a minimum of £10 is a more realistic figure these days. In those far distant days, it seemed so important to me that Cox & Buckles should have the cash to buy some of the marvellous stuff that would otherwise have gone for scrap (and a lot did, I'm sorry to say), so I subscribed £25. I reckon it was worth it just for the brand new pair of SU carbs which Cox sold me for about £25 at a meeting at Tetsworth.

Ian Cornish

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Hello Ian

 

How well publicized is the SDF, the only reference I can find after a quick scan on the front page is a brief mention in the ‘Technical Help’ section under the ‘Member Services’ link on the Menu?

 

What are the benefits to an individual member or the membership collectively having paid the one-off fee (and presumably subscribe thereafter) and what are the more recent successes or projects in the pipeline?

 

How does one arrange to pay the fee/subscribe and what’s in the kitty?

 

Regards

Andrew

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It seems a bit daft to me that as a TR Register member I am not helping the Spares development fund. This is the first time that I have heard that none of my subscription is going to this cause. Would it not make more sense to add a small amount to everyones annual subscription that was earmarked for the fund ? If everyone put in between 2 and 5 quid a year it would quickly mount up :huh:

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I second that...

 

Can we have more information on this fund and what the benefits are for individual contributors.

 

In my ignorance I thought this spares fund was was supported directly by the Register i.e part use of members subscriptions...

 

Hmm, I now think it should be... especially with the poor quality reproduction items that now seem to be around.

 

Isn't this a better cause for the Register to financially support than the one to help fund racers......??

 

Racers can beg (and get) sponsorship money, I don't think a sponsor will be found for the production of stronger gearbox syncro rings...

 

Rgds.

 

Stan Chelchowski, (Tr3a long term rebuild)

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Thanks for all these responses, which show that we (the SDF Committee) need to do something to lift the veil! I will write a piece for TRaction (have missed the deadline for 217, so it will be 218) covering projects past, current and in the "possibles" tray. I will also explain how to join (there is no annual sub, just a one-off payment), how many members we have and the state of the SFD's finances. The biggest project ever undertaken was the assistance with the funding for the reproduction cylinder heads (iron and alloy) which you can buy from Moss or from the other specialists who take the basic casting and do further things to it (e.g. bigger valves). The next project is a casting, but on a much much smaller scale, and we hope to see it appear in 2007 (we expected the gestation period would be similar to that of a dog, but I think we have that of an elephant!).

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Jim: Great idea! I have heard that many owners of the Brooklands style screens prefer this approach to the use of sheet metal screws. Are your screens aluminum or brass? Plated with chrome or polished aluminum? Would appreciate a photo when you finish the adapting brackets.

 

Cheers,

 

Frank

Frank sorry for the delay in answering been away. They will be polished alloy.

 

Jim

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Jim: Great idea! I have heard that many owners of the Brooklands style screens prefer this approach to the use of sheet metal screws. Are your screens aluminum or brass? Plated with chrome or polished aluminum? Would appreciate a photo when you finish the adapting brackets.

 

Cheers,

 

Frank

Will have a set next week I hope so I will upload a picture as well.

 

Jim

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SPARES DEVELOPMENT FUND (SDF)

As there has been considerable discussion both here and in other parts of the Forum about the SDF, I have just created a NEW subject area, entitled "Spares Development Fund", on the Main Forum area, with an open invitation to ALL owners of TRs, whether or not they be members of the Spares Development Fund (SDF), to state what items the SDF should be considering as future projects.

If interested, please read what I have posted there and post your contributions there, not here.

Thanks for all the useful information posted thus far - be assured that I have read every word!

Ian Cornish

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Rick ,

you could make a Jabbeke type screen , but you better be very short . From the photos its a very small screen height . OK if you drive your car without the seat cushion in place , but a bit painful on the backside .

 

Some of the Le Mans car screens would be more practical than a Jabbeke screen . Higher screen height and look a lot easier to make .

 

yours David

Given the amount of padding on my backside perhaps I should go to Plab "B"...

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Back in my motor cycling days, it was apparent from riding bikes with different screens and fairings, you actually looked over the windscreen rather than through it, the screen deflects the air flow, but for gross discomfort try driving a coach with no windscreen in sleet and hail!

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What is the latest on the aeroscreen project - any developments? Thanks Bill

 

Bill et al: The aeroscreen repro project is on the back burner until late summer. The guy restoring our 3A and I are devoting all of our effort to finish the car in time for TRA (June - Finger Lakes - NY State) and VTR (July - Valley Forge National Park - PA). However, we have located a design firm who will 3D laser scan the original screen for CNC machining. We hope to have a prototype by year end.

 

Cheers,

 

Frank

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