[Fot] Query answered

[Greg "Lunker" Hilyer]

Instant answers thanks to Bill Redinger.
On Aug 12, 2010, at 2:59 PM, REDINGER, WILLIAM E wrote:

> Greg
>
> Your car was manufactured February 1960,with all of the latest TR3A  
> changes on it. The engine is not the original one as it has an  
> earlier engine number, when it should have near the same number as  
> the commission number up to about 1000 numbers higher. By late 1960  
> TR3a's were not selling well in anticipation of the new TR4, so  
> some late TR3a's got to the dealers late and then sat waiting a  
> sale. Dealers installed tags like the one you described to make  
> them seem like newer model years. In this simpler time dealers  
> titled the car in the model year that the car was sold in IE Sept  
> 1961 would make it a 1962 Model. Many of TR's are titled that way.  
> More than likely yours has a 1962 year title? TR3B were also hard  
> to move with lots of them titled 1963 when they were produced in 1961.
>
> Hope this Helps. British Motor Heritage Trust can do a title search  
> on your vehicle for a fee and give you all the details on your car  
> as to date, colors and options it had on it from the factory.
>
> Best of luck
>
> Bill Redinger
> VTR-TR2&3 Vehicle Consultant
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot- 
> bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Greg "Lunker" Hilyer
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 3:18 PM
> To: fot Triumph
> Subject: [Fot] TR3 query
>
> Hello All,
> Can anyone help with commission # TS69978L, engine # TS48253E ?
> Where do these numbers fit into total production? Likely year of
> manufacture? The plate adjacent to the Commission plate says:
>           T R I U M P H
>              S T C - 6 2
> I've never noticed this plate on other TR3's. It is screwed on unlike
> the comm. plate which it riveted. Might it signify 1962?
> And finally, might this be a 2138cc or did they all have CT numbers.
> Thanks in advance,
> And CHEERS to Mark! Look forward to meeting you in Topeka.
>
> Greg "Lunker" Hilyer
> TR4 #314
> Albuquerque NM
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