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Unlike Jim in The Vicar of Dibley its a no, no, no, no no. no. no. no.......................... NO ! Alan G

Graham you are correct of course, round black screw-on knob with no markings for a '69 six and all RoW TR6's up to CP53853. Alan G

Chris they should be black. Alan G

Welcome back to the fold indeed Cameron and yes I remember OLJ very well from our jointly set-up original TR Register Cumbria Group days. Lots of TR's have come and gone with me but still have two, one on the road and one just about to get rebuilt. I wish you well with your TR5 hunt, there are a few around still so finding one, yes a good one shouldn't be too difficult! Cheers my friend Alan G

Derek the pic showing the one from TR Trader shows a Stag plate so posibly the Stag was double riveted? Alan G.

Stuart the clutch plate is definitely not Laycok whereas the cover might just be. If I was buying this assembly I would be locating a proper nos Laycock plate. Alan G

Original gearbox all day long, just get it properly done and enjoy. Alan G

No Peter, TR5 hoses were plain black. TR250, US 1969 TR6's and RoW spec 1969 TR6's wore black and gold hoses. TR6's from and incliuding the 1970 models were green. Alan G

As a follow on Stuart being a LHD TR4a plucked off the line of course it didn't have a horn relay because it has a hazard warning relay and the o/drive one, anyway I can assure you it was done using mainly NOS parts most of which I already had, not body panels though some of NOS panels came from America, cost don't ask! The only concession to originality are the wheels. They are TR6 wheels with rossies. No one but no one has even commented on that. They fill the arches a little bit more and give the car a great stance. The two pics are of the interior and the one off s/s door and front wing strips, note rounded edges. I had these re-done at a large sum but hey that's originality for you. Alan G

Hi Stuart Stuart being a prototype for the TR5 it was based on a LHD TR4a which was converted into the prototype you see here. The first owner did the LHD to RHD conversion with some help from BL, well parts wise! I am surprised you did not mention the un-painted body trim (Tr4a), the TR4a grille, the prototype instruments, the front wing and door s/s trim pieces being one offs, the prototype wiring loom, the way the they just plumbed in the washer bottle pipe (mentioned by yourself), the H section under the dash never had black caps fitted as they didn't come out until the tr6 (again as mentioned by yourself) etc etc. This car was re-built by myself with great care to originality fortunately most if not all the changes done by S/T experimental dept. were plain to see and were thankfully re-used or untouched during the rebuild. (see later) I have to mention John Collins, Heritage Classics, Middlesborough (body and paint) who did a great job btw. The passenger side window wiper has been changed at some point unknown to me I hasten to add, it was correct in my ownership. There is a proper clip located under the front drivers wing to keep the throttle cable away from the master cylinder cap? The original comm plate was very badly worn you could only see the X755 if you peered at it, there was nothing else to see except scabby metal. However I kept it and when talking tp Anthony I offered to send him it so I did `so that should be with the car. The rear lights and front wing side lights were NOS items correct for the car. The advert states the front seats are in leather...oh no they aren't. John Sykes from TRBitz sourced me up some original NOS blue ambla for the front seats and these were recovered to be as original, they are wonderful btw. There were many different things on this car that evidently were changed from the 4a into a 5 namely windscreen soft top fixings, B posts and door catches, front arches evidently all skillfully done by S/T experimental and barring the windscreen frame which was way past any recovery, everything else is plain to see. Its a very very good example and was not done to concours standards by myself BUT it was blinkin very close to it. I started off just doing it into a very nice running prototype but I got carried away. Below pic. is how it came to me. Alan G

Black plus sill strips all day long. However if the car has had wings fitted which do not align with the sill line then fitting s/s strips might prove awkward. Unfortunately the replacement wings and sills that have been available for the last, way too many, years are not good for proper alignment regarding sills and wings. That's why many cars are not fitted with the strips and black paint on the sills. Its a case of "oh dear we can't get these to fit properly lets just leave them in body colour" , happens all the time. Go black Phil! Alan G

Whats the few bits that are wrong with it Stuart? Alan G

Ditto to all that has been said, a joy to look at, well done mate. Alan G

Interesting. I have never used the spin on Band B filter using only the Unipart GFE227 filter without any worries. My 1972 CP TR6 has exactly the same readings as Michaels (warm and cold) with no worries at all. Alan G

You are correct Chris, silly me must learn to read again! Alan G