[TR] TR3 Ribbed or Smooth Letters

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-----Original Message-----
From: Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>

> I've never totally bought into the legend that random piles
> of parts lay around waiting to be randomly placed on cars
> coming down the assembly line. ;-)

Well, I was thinking more along the lines of having 2 alternate 
suppliers
and buying from whoever had the best price/availability at the time.  A
common practice both then and now, I believe, although usually the 
parts are
fully interchangeable (like the wiring harnesses).

==AM==
Right. That WAS done often enough, sometimes with 'disposable' items 
such as filters but also sometimes with major items such as wiring 
harnesses. With the ribbed v smooth letters, though, I believe the 
spacing is somewhat different, although I'd have to measure up holes 
for both to confirm that. I do know the ribbed letters are 
significantly wider.
==AM==

FWIW, Bill Piggott gives the change point between ribbed/smooth as 
being at
body number EB72384.

==AM==
I'll have to see how that compares to the EB numbers on my cars, but 
that sounds much closer to what I would have expected.

--Andy  Mace

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