Listers:
The term "numbers matching" occasionally comes up on this list and I am always
amazed at the perceived notion that it means that all of the numbers are
identical. The term means that the commission number, engine number and body
number "match" the build record of the car in question. That build record
certificate is available from the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust and
for a small fee, the Heritage Foundation will prove (or disprove) whether in
fact it is a numbers matching car. Provide the commission number and you will
receive a frameable certificate that will list the original engine and body
numbers that were "born" with that commission number. Even the very first
production TR2 (TS1L0) did not have matching numbers for the engine is TS3E.
Now don't even think of posting a reply questioning the Heritage certificate
accuracy for Jonmac (ex employee of the BMIHT) will wade in with both guns
blazing. So the next time a TR owner says that his is a numbers matching car,
ask if that is because the PO said so or does he have a Heritage Certificate.
Lou Metelko
Auburn, Indiana
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