The registration year of a vehicle is based on the year the chassis and body
where manufactured, not what engine is in it. If your car is a '79, you
could put a '70 engine in it, and it will still be a '79.
Lawrence R Zink
Zink@pdq.net
-----Original Message-----
From: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>
To: RICHARD.JACKSON@nene.ac.uk <RICHARD.JACKSON@nene.ac.uk>
Cc: joe curry <spitlist@gte.net>; james <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>;
triumphs mail list <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, February 02, 1998 3:39 AM
Subject: Re: The International Triumph Spitfire Database
>How does one tell which engin is in the thing. Will compression
>be a good indecator, with my old 1500 head, I guess it would be less
>than with the 1300 head.
>
>Does this meen that I can claim my car is older than 25 years old
>for tax purposes.
>
>More to the point do I get cheaper insurance?
>
>--
>James Carpenter
>Yellow '79 spit wired by a trained marmot
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