[Fot] TR3 query

[Ken Gano, home PC]

Going from memory the chassis (body etc.) should be a 1960 or 1961 model and 
the engine is out of an earlier car (probably '57 or '58.)  (There is a 
Swedish web site that could tells us exactly) Mine was built in Ausugt 1959 
and chassis # TS57756L.

The total production (through 1963) was something like 86,000+- but '59 was 
the biggest production year and they could have hit ran the number that high 
in those next couple of years.

The engine number is enough lower I would guess it has had an earlier 
replacement at some point.  Chassis number and engine number never matched 
exactly, but the were usually closer that that.

I think they all had the STC number plate and as I recall it has no 
particular significance. Most have another number plate on the front chassis 
cross member.

As far as displacement, tough to say since oversized liners have been 
availabe almost since new.  I guess it started life as a 1998 cc, but who 
knows what it might be today.

That sound like a "spit and shine" question rather than a racers question 
:-)

Ken Gano



> 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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