Hi everybody
Here's an unusual request: Would a few of you early TR4 owners mind going
out to your car and checking the diameter of a certain hole? Here's why:
My TR4 has a sordid past. At some point, it was separated from its original
commissioning and body ID plates. It currently has '4A IRS plates (and title),
but it's obviously a TR4.
I've been trying to narrow in on the body tub's original commission number
using the production body change points in Piggot's "Original Triumph
TR4/4A/5/6" and in the Moss Motors catalog.
So far, I know for sure it's a '62 or a '63, because it has vertical door
check straps (up to 22342CT) along with a 3-piece rear deck panel & automatic
boot lid stay (from CT5643 onward).
The only other relevant change point I could find involves the hole for the
fuel tank vent, which (according to Moss) changed from 1/2" to 1" diameter at
CT11664. If this is valid, it would narrow the range down to CT5643-CT11663,
or mid-1962 (my car has a 1/2" hole).
Can anyone confirm that this is a real change point? I would be eternally
grateful if some folks on either side of CT11664 could report on the hole
diameter. The hole in question is in the right side of the boot, hidden behind
the gas tank casing board, but accessible by touch (without removing the board)
if you're flexible and you know where it is. Here's a photo of mine with
casing board removed:
http://tinyurl.com/36vnau
Note that your car may have a pipe and grommet going through this hole...
but I imagine you can probably still distinguish between a 1/2" or 1" hole even
with the grommet in place.
Thanks very much in advance!! I will compile and report the results.
-Nick Wolf
Vancouver, BC
'62 or '63 TR4 (formerly '64-ish TR4)
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