[TR] Build specification codes and equipment

[davewillner]

Here are all the codes (I think....) that were on the back of my build sheet 
anyway

AS       Adjustable steering
CSA    Competition front springs and rear shock absorbers
H         Home built specification
h          Heater
HT       Hardtop
HSC    Hood stick cover
K         Metric calibrated instruments
L          Lefthand drive
M        Imperial calibrated instruments
Nil       No heater
ORS    Occasional rear seats
"O"      Overdrive
R        Righthand drive
SC        Side curtains
TC        Tonneau cover
W        White wall tires (tyres)
WW    Windscreen washers
Wire    Wire wheels
X        Export build specification
4:1        4:1 Axle ratio

Dave Willner
Stroudsburg, PA
59 TR3A Apple Green
70 MGB BRG
70 BSA 441 Victor Special

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <pethier at comcast.net>
To: "dorpaul" <dorpaul at bellsouth.net>; "John Macartney" 
<standardtriumph at btinternet.com>
Cc: "list Triumph" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [TR] L means what?


>> 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
>
> Interesting.  What about RHD cars to be exported to Australia, South 
> Africa, Japan, China, and other places where they use RHD cars?
>
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