[TR] stamp or engrave?

Bill Davies bill at rarebits4classics.co.uk
Thu Apr 17 06:54:41 MDT 2008


> Behalf Of John Gillis
>  
> Quick 1- commission plates on early TR's and probably all Triumphs, were
> the
> numbers/letters stamped or engraved, 

John,
Numbers were always stamped. Characters were 1/8" height until approx 1967,
3/16" thereafter. The company used at least three different typefaces in the
1/8" pattern. The prefix and main number was block stamped, with the final
numeric character and any suffixes stamped separately. This means that most
of the number will be well aligned with equal weight to the stamping, with
much variation in the weight and position of the final number and suffixes,
Cheers,
Bill.


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