It was a lot simpler with the Lotus. There was a plate on the rear edge of the
driver door which stated that the car was made in November of 1969.
--
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban,
1994 Miata C package
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I decry the textmessagization of the American-English language.
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: nwolf@u.washington.edu
> Thank you, Phil!
> I think yours is the most valuable data point I've gotten so far. If your
> eared bonnet release mechanism is original (and if mine is too), it means my
>car
> is later than yours, which means... my car is a 1962! Hooray! The mystery
>car
> has a birthday (almost).
> Meanwhile, the pattern in the body-in-white numbers is getting interesting:
>
> Mystery TR4 ZS 10966
>
> CT 1798 L ZS 17010
> CT 2846 L ZS 12911
> CT 5521 LO ZS 16435
> CT 15093 L ZS 25136
> CT 22326 L ZS 44767
> CT 25830 L ZS 35743
> CT 38746 L ZS 48829
>
> If you plot those numbers, you get a very straight line with a couple of
> outliers. Curiouser and curiouser...
> -Nick Wolf
> '62 TR4
>
>
> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:59:56 +0000 pethier@comcast.net wrote:
> > > 4. Does your bonnet release mechanism have an ear on the right side
> > that sticks
> > > up about an inch above everything else and then folds over toward
> > the right side
> > > of the car?
> >
> > Yes.
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