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Re: '72 ('71?) TR6

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Subject: Re: '72 ('71?) TR6
From: rorr@eagle.wbm.ca (Rodney Orr)
Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 17:21:58 GMT
My '70 TR6 was registered as a 1972 - probably the year bought.  I was able
to prove to the motor vehicle registrar that it is a 1970 model and they
very nicely  changed my registration for a paltry C$10 - thats about US$6 :>

Rod.

At 14:20 24-05-95 -0400, TinyHost@aol.com wrote:
>Andy:
>
>>It sounds to me as if this car really is a 1971 except in name.
>
>That's what I'm beginning to think as well.
>
>>If TR6s are like other Triumphs imported to the U.S. during that time, 
>>the engine numbers for the 1972 year would be CCxxxxxUE, the U 
>>indicating the Federal-spec. low compression engine. Since you didn't 
>>mention that, I'd assume you have the higher compression engine. 
>
>I don't have the car handy, but I don't recall a U in the engine 
>number.
>
>>Again, I'm not so intimately familiar with TR6s, but what about the 
>>labeling on various knobs? 
>
>As you thought, there is no labeling on the knobs - just pictures.
>
>>It would be interesting to compare your car to a "later" 1972 
>>if you can locate one.
>
>I may be able to do that at a local car show in about a week-and-a-
>half. Thanks a lot for the suggestions!
>
>        Bruce Krobusek
>        Rochester   NY
>       tinyhost@aol.com
>          '83 R80RT
>        '72 ('71?) TR6
>
>
>
>
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Rodney Orr
rorr@eagle.wbm.ca
aa097@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca


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