[TR] L means what?

[John Macartney]

>> ...well, I finally found one I thought I could answer. so I did then hit
>> 'send' and, had a second thought, asking myself "why does LHD alter the
>> chassis or the chassis number?".

Phil Ethier wrote:
> Because that's the way Triumph felt like doing it.

While many of the codes were established and in use pre-1939 by Standard Motor Company, additional 
codes were introduced post-war - and the L suffix was one of them. It was incorporated in the 
commission number as a notifier of the number of cars exported from the UK and on which the company 
would not have to pay or levy purchase tax. Additionally, the more cars that could be produced with 
an L suffix, the greater the apportionment of steel from very limited available stocks. Many 
overlook the fact that the UK was bankrupt in 1945, its industrial infrastructure was shattered and 
raw materials to make virtually anything had to be imported. Ergo, the more of anything that could 
be sold overseas for valuable foreign exchange, the better.

Jonmac