1959 Triumph TR3

This is a photograph I took in May this year when I was returning home after doing a bit of shopping in Hyde and I saw this car coming towards me.

It's a 1959 Triumph TR3, a car sometimes known as a TR3A because the wider grille on the later models make it look a different vehicle than the original TR3. The original Triumph TR3 was produced between 1955 and 1957 with a 1,991cc straight-4 engine, and later versions from 1957 to 1962 with the 1,991cc engine, but with the option of a 2,138cc engine from 1959. This car has the larger engine.

1959 Triumph TR3

This is a photograph I took at the Northern Classic Car Show at Belle Vue, Manchester in September 1985.

It's a 1959 Triumph TR3, a car sometimes known as a TR3A because the wider grille on the later models make it look a different vehicle to the original TR3. The original Triumph TR3 was produced between 1955 and 1957 with a 1,991cc straight-4 engine, and later versions from 1957 to 1962 with the 1,991cc engine, but with the option of a 2,138cc engine from 1959.

Triumph TR3

I photographed this car at the HSCC's Summer Race Meeting at Oulton Park in July 1992 where it took part in the HSCC Classic Sports Car Championship race.

It's Mike Reason's 1959 Triumph TR3, a car sometimes known as a TR3A because the wider grille on the later models make it look a different vehicle to the original TR3. The original Triumph TR3 was produced between 1955 and 1957 with a 1,991cc straight-4 engine, and this later version from 1957 to 1962 with the 1,991cc engine, but with the option of a 2.138cc engine from 1959. The programme of the event says that this car has an engine of 2,187cc.

On 10 August 2015 I showed photographs of a Triumph TR2 and the original TR3.

Triumph TR3A

When going to race meetings, as well as taking photographs of the competing cars I've always been in the habit of taking photographs of any cars in the public car parks which catch my eye - and not just expensive supercars or rare and unusual ones. This is one such car which I saw at the Richard Seaman Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1984.

It's a car which I've always called a Triumph TR3A, but this Wikipedia article says that it was only badged as a TR3 and never officially known as a TR3A. It differed externally from the original TR3 in that the original car had a much narrower grille like the earlier TR2, and other minor changes were made. The updated TR3 was produced from 1957 to 1962.

I shall still go on calling it a Triumph TR3A.