All cars sold new in the U.S. have a "Manufacturers Certificate of Origin"
(CO), when the car is sold it will/should be dated with the date of
registration, but titled as to the CO dated model year of manufacture,
errors could occur many years back before the C/O (late 50'S), in later
years the title must also agree with the "VIN" numbers as to model year.
"FT"
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> The US was the only nation that made such an issue of "Model year." All
> of Europe simply had model names that reflected modificatins/updates, etc.
> The manufacturers kept records (as they still do) based on date fo
> manufacture, not model name. Thus to the English or Germans, there was no
> such thing as a 1960 TR-3A, or a 1965 Mercedes Benz SL 240. There were
> simply TR-3A's, and SL 240's manufactured on such-and-such a date. When a
> car was imported to the US, and titled to the final buyer, then it
> acquired a model year. But this only meant something to US buyers, not to
> the manufacturers.
>
> Thus as observed, there were 1961 TR-4s, and 1963 TR-3B's.
>
> Cheers.
>
> On
> Thu, 29 Jun 2000 Herald948@aol.com wrote:
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> >
> > In a message dated 6/29/00 8:25:11 PM EST, dsforza@megahits.com writes:
> >
> > > > 3. How many of the 1961 TR4s were vactually titled as 1962s?
> > >
> > > Lots I suspect. I have a friend in the hartfor area who owns a titled
> > > 1962 TR4 and a 1963 TR3B... go figure.
> >
> > Just to add to Don's comment a bit, the TR4 was introduced very late in
1961
> > and would likely have been considered a 1962 model by almost everyone.
After
> > all, what dealer in his/her right mind would willingly ask for supplies
of
> > LAST YEAR'S model to sell? Similarly, many of the TR3B cars were built
in
> > summer and fall of 1962 and would have arrived stateside for sale in
what
> > everyone else would call the 1963 model year.
> >
> > --Andy
> >
> > Andrew Mace, President, The Vintage Triumph Register
> >
>
> James A. Ruffner
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