I wonder if this is similar to the 'STC' plates that California Triumphs
frequently got in the 60's. These were not "date of manufacture" but rather
"date first sold", and were apparently added by the dealers to explain a car
that was possibly several years old being sold as 'new'.
My Sports 6 was made in the fall of 1963, but has a 'STC 65' plate and the
title says 1965.
Randall Young
59 TR3A TS39781LO daily driver (currently sidelined for OD transplant)
63 Sports 6 HB7826LCV rustoration project
71 Stag LE1473L daily driver (Real Soon Now)
Gary Allgood wrote :
>
> I don't doubt that many dealers stamped those dates on, with the way they
> were titled and all. It is obvious from knowledgeable accounts that the
> factory did not follow this practice.
>
> Barry Schwartz wrote :
>
> > <<...my ORIGINAL still on the
> > <<car commission number plate on my Spitfire has stamped in quite
> <<legible
> > <<characters January 1972 right at the top as well as the usual, trim,
> > <<paint
> > <<and FK----- number at the bottom of the plate
Big Gooner wrote :
> >
> > And the one on my TR6 says October 1973.
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