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RE: TR-250 VIN # ?

To: MPRICE@KeystoneSystems.com
Subject: RE: TR-250 VIN # ?
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 11:58:05 -0500 ()
Cc: JRossi727@aol.com, Triumphs@autox.team.net
On Fri, 3 Dec 1999 MPRICE@KeystoneSystems.com wrote:

> 
> John wrote:

> > Hello All  My 250 vin# is CD 1184 L.  Should this 250 be tagged
> >  as a 1967 and not a 1968 TR-250?

> Good question. Apparently the build date and date they were tagged as were
> often different depending on when the dealer got it off the lot. I suspect
> that yours was built in '67, but only because I think mine was built very
> early in '68 (CD2807 L). Sure would like to know the number for the first
> one built in '68.

CD2685L, according to information I have.

I'm pretty sure that all TR250 were intended for sale as 1968 models. I
seem to recall that the first ones were built in August 1967 -- more than
late enough to "qualify" as a 1968 model by the time they reached North
America.

--Andy

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