Last week I purchased what I was told is a 1964 TR4A. From what I understand
from reading Bill Piggott's book, "The Original Triumph", the first TR4A was
not made until January of '65. I will not get the title to the car for about
another two months so I thought I would try to find out just what I bought.
After bringing the car home, I found that there was no VIN tag on the
firewall. Only the body tag. The car had an electrical fire in the engine
compartment and the VIN plate was destroyed. I checked the body number and
found that it is 24422CT which means the car had to be made in '63. I then
checked the engine number and found that to be CT58007E. That would be from a
'65 TR4A but it has SU carbs, not Strombergs. I then found the number 301603
on the diff. I have no idea what means.
My question is, is there any other place on the car that I can find the VIN?
If not, would I be correct in assuming that my VIN would be STC 63 24422 L ?
Other clues as to what I have, the hand brake and seats are TR4 but it has a
wood dash. There are three taillight lenses. Two have 61 on them and one has
66.
Thanks
Peter
'63 TR4?
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