105 Triumph TR2 Touring Finish (1957-60)

In reading this topic, I noticed that no one had posted an image of the Triumph TR2 Touring in the yellow color......here are a couple pictures of mine. Regards, Terry

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A rare left hand drive example below:

Jan, This is not the only one, there are a few like this rare right hand drive Peugeot 504 tourer. 700 417

I didn't notice earlier than when cataloguing and photographing the lemon version of this Triumph that the steering wheel is a three spoked black plastic example. This does not seem very common to me. This is a later version with treaded tyres and glossy base plate, and packed in a lighter yellow Dink Toys end flaps box. But even the final examples with the spun hubs hardly ever seem to have plastic steering wheels, and if they have they often seem to be white. Is there a general pattern concerning this issue for the other sports cars in the 100 numbers? Any comments on this? Kind regards, Jan

Following Jan W's discovery of a ref. 105 TR2 with black plastic steering wheel, I have had a look at the steering wheels of the 100 series sports cars101 Sunbeam Alpine has WHITE diecast steering wheel 102 M.G. Midget has BLACK diecast steering wheel 103 Austin Healey 100 has BLACK diecast steering wheel 104 Aston Martin DB3S has WHITE diecast steering wheel 105 Triumph TR 2 has WHITE diecast steering wheel107 Sunbeam Alpine racing finish has WHITE diecast steering wheel 108 M.G. Midget racing finish has BLACK diecast steering wheel 109 Austin Healey 100 racing finish has BLACK diecast steering wheel 110 Aston Martin DB3S racing finish has WHITE diecast steering wheel 111 Triumph TR2 racing finish has WHITE diecast steering wheel129 M.G. Midget racing finish has BLACK diecast steering wheelbut I found some errors a Sunbeam with black steering wheel an Aston Martin with black steering wheel a Triumph with black steering wheel and an other Triumph with a black PLASTIC steering wheel like Jan's or is it the same ? but also a Sunbeam with ridged hubs painted silver. Are they overpainted ?Plastic steering wheels are exceptionnal, are they a test finished in the design office and then sold like any other model ?

The obviously darker, (almost) black driver's hair and the slightly darker grey clothing are characteristic for this later issue. The slovenly paint detailing of the driver's head/hair also seems to occur more than once. Kind regards, Jan

800 600Here is a very bad photo of the dashboard change to use the plastic steering wheel. I would apreciate a better photo.Kind regards.Jacques

Dear Jan,Re your post # 16 above, a TR2 with ridged hubs and white steering wheel has been posted on facebook. This is not understandable as I thought that the black or white plastic steering wheels had been fitted only on the later issues of the concave hubs. Is the assembly drawing available somewhere ? it could explain this peculiarity. Was there a casting change to fit the plastic steering wheel ? I would apeciate a photo of the rear of your TR2 showing both the ridged hubs and the steerig wheel.Kind regards.

Interesting to see that my two triumphs with spun hubs have these different casting/steering wheels. So Jans discovery seems to be an extra rare version.

I hope these will do ... Kind regards, Jan

Jan, Great, this will do the job perfectly.