TR2 Longdoor

09Mai13

Es gibt sie wohl noch, die Raritäten, die manchmal zum Kauf angeboten werden.

So war vor einiger Zeit auch ein seltener Triumph TR2 Longdoor von 1954 bei ebay im Angebot…

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You are bidding on a 1954 long door Triumph TR2 restoration project.

Triumph only made about 4,000 long door cars, so they are relatively scarce and considered by many to be the most desirable specification in the sidescreen range.

If you check out WWW.VTR.ORG you can see the Triumph TR2 Survivor list. On this list you will see 1870 surviving TR2’s from 22 countries. My TR2 commission number is TS 1097 L. This list shows there are only 265 TR2’s in the world older than this one.

I could write 10,000 words here about the car, but as always these would be no substitute for actually viewing the car in person. It’s up to you of course whether you do, but I would have thought that you might want to, if only to satisfy yourself of its condition and completeness.

Vehicle details:

• Build date 2 April 1954
• Commission number TS 1097
• Body shell number 727073
• Engineering build number EB 1074
• All of the ID plates are present, original and correct. It is my belief that they have never been removed from the car.
• Engine number TS 1195-E
• Color – Exterior Pearl White
• Color – Trim Geranium (leather
• Color – Hood (top) Geranium
• LHD
• No heater

The car is pretty much unmolested although rusty, but is still a very good candidate for restoration. It needs everything doing and as with any restoration, all parts will need attention of some sort, even if that is just paint or trim. Floors, doors and panels all have rust. The bulkheads don’t look to bad.

I haven’t inspected the chassis.

The car rolls easily on its original wheels.

It’s mostly all there.

Most importantly, the really hard stuff is still present – notably the twin bonnet catch assemblies, full dash with correct gauges, steering wheel, control head, correct TR2 seats , H4 curb’s, etc, etc. Also, some of the body side male baby Tenax posts are present, but none of the female ones as they would be fixed to the weather equipment, wherever that is. I also have a complete gauge cluster from another ’54 TR2. I also have the beautiful black (rubber coated) passenger grip handle and also a NOS black painted valve cover with that little white sticker on the side. (I’ll put a pic up later.)

The only thing that bothers me is the fact that the Heritage trust factory record does not match my engine number. They say it should be TS 1076-E and my car is TS 1195-E. Does this mean someone blew up the motor early in its life and they were lucky enough to find another early TR2 and use that motor?

I don’t know. Bill (Piggott) says on page 111 of his book “The Original Triumph TR2/3/3A” –“Since Standard-Triumph supplied engines to outside firms (principally to Morgan for the Plus 4 but also for the Swallow Doretti) and these engines were numbered in the same ’TS…E’ series, engine numbers were used at a slightly faster rate than car numbers. Thus the engine original to a particular car will (with rare exceptions) have a ‘TS…E’ number higher than the TS number of the car itself.” (if you don’t have this book you will not be allowed to buy this car).

So what does this mean, I don’t know, how does a car that still has the original rare composition rubber knob on the gear shift lever not have the original motor??? I cannot figure this out..

I will also include my very nice TR2 Service Instruction Manual (Third Edition, sixth printing), incorporating the Supplement for TR3 Model.

 

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Schlagwörter: 1954, Longdoor, tr2, triumph, TS 1097 L