Author Topic: SOLVED: FW #316: Triumph TR3A GT by Lance Ridgeway, 1963, AUS  (Read 2673 times)

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Please identify this car in ALL its details
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Re: FW #316
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2022, 10:18:42 AM »
Abarth-Simca 1300?

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Re: FW #316
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2022, 12:25:38 PM »
No

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Re: FW #316
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2022, 02:50:05 AM »
A slightly better picture added

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Re: FW #316
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2022, 05:53:47 AM »
Experts?

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Re: FW #316
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2022, 06:53:38 PM »
UK?
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Re: FW #316
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2022, 02:29:21 AM »
Partly

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Re: FW #316
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2022, 07:23:49 AM »
British body with european drivetrain?
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Re: FW #316
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2022, 08:57:36 AM »
Lotus Elan based, rebodied in the USA?
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Re: FW #316
« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2022, 09:21:41 AM »
British body with european drivetrain?
Not British bodywork, but British drivetrain
Lotus Elan based, rebodied in the USA?
Not lotus Elan based, not rebodied in the USA

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Re: FW #316
« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2022, 09:22:57 AM »
Not British bodywork, but British drivetrain
MG?
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Re: FW #316
« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2022, 09:53:18 AM »
No

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Re: FW #316
« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2022, 10:21:02 AM »
Triumph?
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Re: FW #316
« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2022, 10:35:21 AM »
Yes

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Re: FW #316
« Reply #14 on: June 22, 2022, 10:41:23 AM »
Something around TR2?
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Re: FW #316
« Reply #15 on: June 22, 2022, 12:29:39 PM »
not TR2

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Re: FW #316
« Reply #16 on: June 22, 2022, 05:17:59 PM »
TR4a ?

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Re: FW #316
« Reply #17 on: June 23, 2022, 03:27:19 AM »
No

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Re: FW #316
« Reply #18 on: June 26, 2022, 06:45:12 AM »
Based on a Spitfire?
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Re: FW #316
« Reply #19 on: June 26, 2022, 09:23:06 AM »
Not Spitfire

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Re: FW #316
« Reply #20 on: June 27, 2022, 07:18:32 AM »
TR250?

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Re: FW #316
« Reply #21 on: June 27, 2022, 08:57:21 AM »
No

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Re: FW #316
« Reply #22 on: June 27, 2022, 10:13:32 AM »
1957 TR3 based "Berlinetta" with fibreglass body made in the USA probably in the early sixties?

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Re: FW #316
« Reply #23 on: June 28, 2022, 07:26:25 AM »
TR3-based is very nearby correct. As also early sixties. Not fibreglass bodywork, not USA

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Re: FW #316
« Reply #24 on: June 28, 2022, 07:55:19 AM »
So that should be TR3A?
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