[TR] TR8 Provenance

[Glenn A. Merrell]

Kinderlehrer wrote:
> Can anyone provide any info for Eric? I am not familiar with California
> specific engine numbering.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Eric Fletcher
>   To: webmaster.ttscc at triumphtravelers.org
>   Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 4:44 AM
>   Subject: FW: TR8 Provenance
>
>
>   Hi Bob,
>
>               Hopefully you can help me.
>
>   I own one of the 3 original TR8's in South Africa. All three are amazingly
> in  Pretoria which makes workshopping simpler.
>
>   Mine is TPVDV8AT214261 /HAF/RAG.
>
>   While it is now longer its original colour everything else matches its
> Heritage Certificate.
>
>   It was built in July 1980 for shipment to a dealer in Newark NJ but has a
> California coded engine number (12E08120).
>
>   Having now got it to concours standard ( last months Gauteng gathering of 54
> Triumphs earned it a Gold award and 3rd in class) I am now trying to track
> down its provenance .
>
>   Any assistance you can supply will be gratefully received.
>
>
>
>   Many Thanks.
>
>               eric.fletcher at bateman-bet.com
>   
Hello Eric,
You should start with a British Motor Industry Heritage Trust 
certificate.  You can order it online at
http://www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk/.  Simply fill out the form and 
supply your charge information and you will have a certificate with 
original configuration and delivery point.

 From there, you should contact the Vintage Triumph Register 
http://www.vtr.org ans ask the membership secretary, Bill Lynn to look 
up the Commission number to see if the previous owner was ever a member.

That is about as far as you can go other than hoping someone on the 
Triumph list is still around that recognizes the numbers or knows  why 
it was shipped to South Africa.

Now if you can get me a control system engineer job in that part of the 
world for 6 months, I could deliver a Stag to Tom Gowans in Angola.

-- 
Glenn A. Merrell
Chairman, Triumph Stag Club USA (2007-2009)
The best trophies are miles on the odometer, stone chips in the paint, dead bugs on the windshield!