Paul,
What you have is an engine that was a replacement probably installed by
a Triumph dealer and maybe even during the warranty period. The SS
denotes an engine that did not start life in a car but rather as a
Spare.
Regards,
Joe
wizardz wrote:
>
> Looking over my newest stable mate... my '78 Spit.
> I noticed a rather strange engine serial number.
> Normally the suffix would be 'C' for California, 'E' for emissions
> etc. etc. What the heck would an 'SS' in the suffix mean?
> This engine does have a shaved head and flat top pistons.
> Compression is supposedly 9:1. It has a Kent Road cam
> and a single Weber 45 DCOE 152.
> The head has no air injector ports at all.
> On the carb side on top of the head is apart number prefixed 'KC' ???
>
> Looking closely at the block serial number ... it really does look
> like the entire serial number was stamped all at one time.
> ...either that or someone was MIGHTLY GOOD at adding it to look
> original. Problem is the entire number, is perfectly centered
> in the area available for stamping so I find it hard to believe someone
> was able to add two more characters to the number.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Would someone ..or is there a standard for someone to have added the SS
> for one of these modifications?
>
> Paul Tegler
> 1973 MGBGT - Daily Driver
> 1975 Spitfire - in Cherry shape
> 1980 Spitfire - in re-hab
> 1978 Spitfire - in Superb Shape!
> wizardz@toad.net
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