[TR] Commission Number Question

Bob Labuz yellowtr at adelphia.net
Mon Nov 4 15:51:14 MST 2013


John,

I have the original plates from a 57 TR3, my 58 TR3A and my 63 TR4. I 
think I will try and make a plaque with those plates and take your text 
written below to sort of give a history caption of sorts for my kids, 
who will get the cars when they put me 6 foot under.

My dad was in D-Day + 1 and everytime I see footage of that operation, I 
have to wonder how he made it to the beach and into the countryside alive.

He survived wounds received on D-Day + 2 and married my Mom, who he met 
while in rehab in Birmingham.

Thank you very much for that posting.

Bob


On 11/04/2013 05:00 PM, Geo Hahn wrote:
> John --
>
> I, for one, will never again look at those commission plates without
> thinking of those lads and their sacrifice.
>
> Geo.
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 1:58 PM, John Macartney <
> flywheelcoventry1 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Jim
>>
>> Sadly I can't help with sizing issues except to say they weren't always in
>> the same 'font.' What I can tell you is all commission plates between about
>> 1946 and 1975 were hand stamped by a small group of five men who were given
>> jobs at Standard-Triumph immediately after WW2 by the then CEO. I remember
>> all of them (though not now by name) and they were employed because of
>> their horrendous war injuries. Two, to my certain knowledge got badly shot
>> up on the beaches on D-Day (6 June 1944) and were seriously disabled, one
>> had been an RAF fighter pilot with indescribable burns and two had had a
>> very rough time in the PoW camps in Burma. It was an incredibly boring job
>> but they all did it assiduously until some years past retirement age and
>> while the spacing and positioning of the letters and numbers may not have
>> been absolutely precise, they rarely, if ever got it wrong.
>>
>> Jonmac
>>
>> PS Totally useless information about the query but I thought some listers
>> might appreciate the story that lurked behind?
>>
>>    *From:* Geo Hahn <ahwahneetr at gmail.com>
>> *To:* James Henningsen <trguy75 at gmail.com>
>> *Cc:* Triumphs <triumphs at autox.team.net>
>> *Sent:* Monday, 4 November 2013, 1:35
>> *Subject:* Re: [TR] Commission Number Question
>>
>> I believe 1/8" is correct -- what is harder to do is match the font.  In
>> particular 3s and 4s may be hard to find in the original style.  But then
>> that is a very small detail to some.
>>
>> Geo
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 6:03 PM, James Henningsen <trguy75 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone know the correct size of punch set letters/numbers one would use
>> to
>>> replicate the original commission numbers.  It is a 1962 TR4 commission
>>> plate and they look like 1/8 inch.  I know all the questions regarding
>>> legality by states etc.  Just wanted to know what the factory size is
>>> supposed to be for these.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Jim Henningsen
>>>
>>> Ocala, FL


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