Rick Fletcher TR3A NSW

Rick Fletcher -TR3A - 1960 model
TS 80116 eng. no. TS 80257E
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Taken on a Mountain Rally 2000	2001 - the year of the first Tassie TouR	Returned from Southern Victoria to Oberon without a clutch 2002	Swan Hill 2002

QLD May 2003 - special "Targa Top" (!)	Armidale Concours 2003	This is a little Surrey top I have made. It also has a tonneau which waterproofs the car when parked.

As set up for the Vigil Alpine Rally in 1998 - Rally details on Powder Blue Page. This is similar to the way the car was prepared in Victoria in 1970
- rack & pinion steering, sway bars, balanced & tuned motor, brake booster, lightened flywheel etc. etc.

The photographs below were taken in June 1973 when the then owner, Jim French, was on a trip to Lake Eildon - Victoria.
As can be seen, part of Jim's modifications were the GT Falcon "12 slotters". Jim never ran with a grille or front bumper.



As purchased - this front end damage was the result of the previous owner replacing the steering column universal joint bolts (normally 1/4" high tensile UNF) with 3/16" gutter bolts! The body of the car was in sound condition (albeit slightly "bent") but mechanically it was very tired.	The Mota Lita wheel sits on a TR5 boss on top of the TR4 steering column. Jim French fitted the rack&pinion steering around 1970. This has now been completely rebuilt following a fatigue failure in the original mounting.

The "engine room" has now been further modified by the removal of the unsightly oil catch tank alongside the battery. Instead, the car now has a sealed crankcase and a TR4 rocker cover. This is vented to the inlet manifold via a PCV valve. Another useful addition is an expansion tank for the radiator which resides just to the left of the washer bottle.
*Some previous owners:* 1970, Judy Brooks, ST KILDA VIC, Reg HTM531 1970/71 Lyon Roberts HAMPTON VIC, 1971 James French BRUNSWICK, VIC -various mods carried out car intended to be raced. Offered for sale in 1974 for $1450 1975 Christian Roysland - FITZROY VIC Reg LVH702 1977 Leighton Watts, WINDSOR,VIC, TR303 1977/87 sold to Bruce Aitken - ST. IVES NSW for $2000 - possibly HVX170. Changed to KQX067 and offered for sale though TR Reg in 1983 for $4000 - unregistered at this time and had been stored for 2 years. Not sold. Re-registered as NUP988 1989/94 Ian Major - RYDE, moved to QLD & rego 244ASD. Out of rego in 1993 as a result of front end damage. Oct 1994 - I purchased the car and restored it to running order - registered 18.4.95 as ACV32V (Now 21184H) I previously owned an early *TR2*