Hey Dave,
I think that KD53420E would indicate an Early GT6+ engine
Steve Reilly
'70 GT6's
At 02:52 PM 15/03/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Another Triumph just followed me home. That makes 3, one of which
>actually runs. This one is a GT6 Mk3, built January 1973 according
>to the commission plate. Originally Sienna Brown, now sort of a
>faded gunmetal grey. Battery box is rusted out, passenger side
>floor filled with rusty muck that used to be the carpet, but I
>couldn't see light through the floor so it may be OK. Sills looked
>OK and it doesn't seem to be sagging in the middle.
>
>Commission number KF21857, body 22110KF (close enough), and engine
>number is KD53420E. The commission number is right for a 1973 US
>car, but the engine number doesn't look right to me. A 1973 swing
>spring car should have had the low compression smogged engine. Can
>anybody out there cross reference that engine number and tell me what
>it is out of? I am guessing it's a GT6 Plus. At least I hope it is.
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