[TR] Build date question

[alan salvatore]

Sorry,  I didn't mean to say door, the vin is on the B post and the
windshield.

oops,

Al


On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 8:57 AM, <Chip19474 at aol.com> wrote:

> **
> Al,
>
> According to "Dating Information" in one of Bill Piggott's Original
> Triumph books I have, 1971 models started production with commission number
> CC58298L some time in 1970.  That said, it's not uncommon to find cars
> built earlier than the "official" factory model change date to be titled as
> the next year model.
>
> CC54740LO is close enough to CC58298L to be likely titled as a 1971
> model.  What is puzzling is that you have a commission plate on the door
> and the B post....the plates were fitted from the factory to the B
> post....I don't have any reference of plates ever being fitted to a door.
>
> One guess is that, at some point, body work/paint work was done and the
> shop technician replaced the plate to the door.  A bit later in time,
> another person pointed out that the B post should have a plate and a repro
> plate (without the O) was stamped and put on the B post.
>
> Regardless, it sounds like you have a legitimate deal.....just a simple
> mix-up in the placement of the plates.
>
> If you want to be "period correct" you could remove the correct plate from
> the door and replace the plate on the B post with it.  Use a couple of
> metal screws in the holes left by the door plate....only a concours judge
> would probably ever wonder what those two screws were for!
>
> Chip Krout
> Delaware Valley Triumphs, Ltd.
> Skippack, PA
> 1962 TR4 CT2052L
>
>
>
>
>
>  In a message dated 7/4/2013 7:41:26 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> alansalvy at gmail.com writes:
>
> Yesterday, I bought a 71 TR6, at least according to the title.
>
> My friend  is puzzled by the build date.
>
> The vin plate on the door says it  was built in Oct of 1970 and he's
> puzzled by the vin CC54740 LO.
>
> The title say CC54740 LO, the plate on the windshield says the same , but
> the plate on the B post is just CC54740 L, no O; but the car has O/D.
>
>
>
> Is it possible it came through this way, or did someone replace the plate
> and leave off the O ??
>
> It seems that CC54740 should have been built before October of 70.
>
> Al
>
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