[TR] Standard-Triumph Factory Reconditioned Engine number plate

[Brad Kahler]

I had a 1949 2000 roadster with one of the FRE plates on it.  Bob
Kinderlehrer will likely chime in shortly as he purchased that 2000 from me
a year or so ago.

That's the only one I've seen in the wild.

Brad


On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 1:27 PM, Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com> wrote:

> Many of us US-based TR folk will have read in the books about factory
> reconditioned engines (FRE) and the replacement number plate riveted over
> the original plinth.
>
> But over here it's not easy to see one of these plates -- FRE engines
> didn't make it to the US officially, AFAIK, and I've never seen one in an
> American TR.
>
> I had a chance to take a good photo of one the other weekend playing TRs
> with friends in the UK, and thought some of you might find it interesting
> to see.  This one is from a 1956 TR3 in long-term (but not original)
> ownership.  That engine's been in the car a looong time, still going strong
> without a rebuild.  The guys who reconditioned it back in the day did a
> good job.
>
> http://4xdog.smugmug.com/photos/i-XvTTKzN/0/X2/i-XvTTKzN-X2.jpg
>
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