Jim:
My TR3A (from Windsor, ON) is close to yours in chassis # (2TS81140 L),
as is a good buddy's in Ottawa, ON (2TS81541 L). Both are Canadian
delivery cars built in late 1960 and both were registered in Ontario in
1962. My other TR3A (also from Ottawa) was built in Nov/Dec of 1959 and
registered in Ontario in 1960. Interestingly, the chassis number on its
registration slip has a '0' prefix (0TS63307 LO), but I can't confirm
that the ID plate also has this, as the car is now in storage.
It does sound like you may be right about the prefix being related to
the year of sale. The '2' prefix number was stamped at a different time
than the chassis number.
The question now is: who did the stamping?? My Ontario-registered MGAs
don't have any extra stampings on the ID plates or any extra prefixes on
the registration slips. Ditto for my '58 Saskatchewan-registered XK150.
Dave Q. (another Dave)
Neuhorst, SK
> From Jim <wallaces@superaje.com>
> Hi Dave, The theory that the prefix digit is the year of sale is supported by
>my TR3a 2TS81417L. It's registered as a 62 although by its serial # it was
>built in late 60. Previously though I had heard somewhere that the digit
>specified the port of entry, but I can't imagine there being as many as 5
>ports of entry into the country - 2 maybe. <
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