I am looking at a plate I took off a Spitfire 1500 that also has a
manufacturing date (SEP. 1974) stamped onto it, and one from a GT6+ with APL
1-1968
as well as a later Spit one that is stamped DEC 1976.
Regards,
Joe
Barry Schwartz wrote:
>
> I'm not commenting on the eBay tr6, or verifying the "authors" claims. I
> don't know about TR6 commission plates and am certainly not disputing
> anybody,s claims here...but just for the record...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. This plate is one that I
> have rarely if ever seen in any of the parts outlets. It's much bigger
> about 3 1/2 inches square instead of the more usual rectangular ones seen.
> But I don't doubt that it is the original one. I bought the car, from a
> dealers lot in 1973 and it' s been on there since -
>
> ***************************************
> >September or October 1968. Gave him this info. and he claims the April
> >date is on the "VIN" plate and Piggot is
> >wrong.
>
> >Then I would respectfully suggest that you revert to him again with
> >the combined compliments of this list, Bill Piggott and the
> >undersigned and leave him in no doubt that Standard Triumph did not
> >put manufacturing dates on VIN plates because they didn't exist in
> >those dates. They used things called Commission Plates and they didn't
> >put the dates on those either! For the record, if a customer enquired
> >the manufacturing date of a car when it was new, we wouldn't tell him
> >(or her) On some occasions the cars had been sitting in UK stock so
> >long before shipment that it was a positive embarrasment to reveal
> >when they were made - to anyone.
>
> Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
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