If this is like my 4A, the numbers do not match. There was a thread a while
ago indicating the reason the numbers did not match. I hope this helps.
Rick
CT 57505 L Commission #
CT 57669 E Engine #
55372 CT Body number
-----Original Message-----
From: Stinocher, Bryan D. <bdstinocher@sewsus.com>
To: 'TRIUMPH MAIL' <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, August 24, 1998 10:34 AM
Subject: Commission Numbers
>
>Finally,
>
>I got my TR250 home. It was worth travelling 1500 miles in 2 days to get it
>home. Even my wife is excited about the car. I did learn one lesson though:
>truck drivers do not take kindly to SUVs towing cars behind them at 3:00
>a.m. In fact, they get downright rude! But the car has almost no rust (very
>minimal on the underbody, and all the bolts come off easily!).
>
>Anyway, my question is this: the commission plate shows a number of
>CD 5853 L 19 11 APL 1, 1968.
>
>The body plate, however, shows a number 5885 CC.
>
>Somewhere I thought I had read that the commission plate and body plate
>numbers matched, but were just reversed (CD 1234 and 1234 CC). If I have
>different numbers, does this mean that the left fender well has been
>replaced?
>
>Your help would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>Bryan
>bdstinocher@sewsus.com
>68 TR250 CD 5853 L
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