On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Bob Kramer wrote:
> A good friend has recently imported a LHD TR250 into Australia from LA.
> Its a green one-owner car that has sat for many years with a diff
> problem. It is a very early original example.
>
> Body number 1CC
> Comm number CD228 LO
> Eng. no. C200E
>
> My friend would like to know if the body numbers are individually
> sequentially stamped or were body numbers shared?
> Is it possible that his is the first TR250?
TR body numbers are sequential in the order in which the bodies were
manufactured, so if that "1CC" number is correct it's possible that this
is the first TR250 body. However the commission number, not the body
number, is what indicates (more or less) the order in which cars were
assembled. The bodies were delivered to the assembly plant by truck, and
were not necessarily dropped on the rolling chassis in numerical order.
If CD228 LO has body number, then a few cars with earlier commission
numbers have later body numbers.
My own TR4 is another example of this. I don't have the body number here
at work, but it is much earlier numerically than the commission number (in
the 300's if I remember correctly, on commission number CT3154).
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Cub Hill, Maryland 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154LO
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