[TR] L means what?

[dorpaul]

OK.
So the more number of chassis's identified a LHD, the better.  As these were 
headed to the USA (or possibly elsewhere?)

But am I right in saying that there is no difference in a TR2 - TR3 chassis 
just because it's LHD?  Furthermore, if that's the case, are you aware of 
any RHD bodies being fitted to LHD chassis (OR vica versa)'?  (Not that it 
matters)
Paul

>
>
>> ...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 


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