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Re: key fobs (& Comm Numbers)

To: "Atwell Haines" <carbuff@nac.net>,
Subject: Re: key fobs (& Comm Numbers)
From: "Sue" <suzie_bear@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 08:56:56 +0100
>From Brad to the List:
>
> Brad Richardson
> Portland, Oregon
> 79 Spitfire (FM90541U, really a 78 as made June 78)
> 79 Spitfire (TFZDW29T001453, really a 80 as made Nov 79)
>

>From Sue to Joe:
>
> I was just looking at the database and noticed that, apart from being
> the only (lonely) 16000 series listed, my Mk III is shown as 1967. My
> DVLA (Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency) log book list the date of
> first registration as 21 June 1968.

>From Joe to Sue:
>
> The last 1967 model was 16515, so yours was one of the last '67
> models produced.  Regardless of when it was registered, the manufacturer
> listed it as a '67 model.
>
> By the way, your car was built in early 1968.  The BMIHT states that the
> first 1967 model built in 1968 was 15302 and the last one was built in
> April of '68.
>

Atwell wrote:
>
> There was a reason for everything Triumph did.
>

Really????

from Sue
Hampshire, UK
'68 MkIII (FD 16410, really a 67 - but made in 68!)

PS. Sorry to hi-jack your quest, Brad, but I just had to put that lot
together.
PPS. No keyring required this time, I have a collection of over 1200 already
(not all Triumph or Spitfire ones, unfortunately.)

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