Ken Streeter wrote:
>[snip] Basically, I think there
>is a range of "74.5" cars that have some features like the 74,
>and others like the 75. These changes probably happened over
>a period of time, and possibly not even at a single commission
>number, as "leftover" parts were found in the factory...
>
>Here are the changes of which I know, and where my car stands
>relative to that change:
>
>raised rear bumper: Mine is raised (like 75)
>rubber baby buggy bumpers: Mine has them (like 75)
>indicator lamps below bumper: Mine are above bumper (like 74)
>rear "TRIUMPH" badge on bumper: Mine is on bumper (like 75)
Ken, I dont quite follow what you mean by "raised rear bumper". Do
you mean "reaised front bumper"?
FWIW, here are the changes as on my car CF25186UO (Aug 14, 1974):
low front bumper (like early cars)
indicator lamps above bumper
rubber baby buggy bumpers
trunk-mounted license plate lamps (like Bob Langs CF14111U)
rear valence "TRIUMPH/OVERDRIVE" emblem (like Bob Langs CF14111U)
Perhaps my car is a 1974 2/5 ;)
Further, Jim Barbuscia's 1974 1/2 CF29215U has the "TRIUMPH" emblem on
a plinth mounted the underside of the rear bumper AND the "TRIUMPH"
emblem in the upper right corner of the rear valence (see his
beautiful car at http://www.snovalley.com/~monica/jbtr6.html).
>> The other interesting question is that all the references on
>> TR6s say that o/drive became standard in 1974, but I dont see that
>> in the commission numbers. Comments?
>
>I think (but can't say for sure) that o/d was standard on *home
>market* (UK-spec) cars starting in 1974.
Bingo! Thnaks for clarifying this for me.
Any more information out there folks?
Shane Ingate in San Diego
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