[TR] TR3 Commission Numbers

[John T Nichols]

Stan,

I was just repeating what the owner has posted. From the photos on the 
Ebay site there are no visible body tags on the firewall though part of 
it is in shadow and the Commission Number plate is too small to be read. 
My '58 has EB12762 on one tag and 1007363 on the other. I'm not 
convinced this is a '59 but I think we would need a closer inspection to 
be sure.

Tom



Stan Foster wrote:
> That is not the commission number. The EB plate is one of the two body tags and was put there by Mulliners when they built the body.
>
> My 1960 TR3A has commission number: TS 66329 L and a body tag  EB 64676 so a couple of thousand between the two numbers is not unusual.
>
> Stan
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> Subject: [TR] TR3 Commission Numbers
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> There is a car on ebay listed as a 1959 TR3 with  Commission Number
> EB31535 range. A Commission Number in that range suggests 1958 and earlier (my car is a 1958 TR3A with TS32093LO). The car has a small mouth front apron but later SUs with push on fittings rather than the banjo fittings found on '58 and earlier cars. Anyone know what the EB prefix means in the Commission Number? The owner says that the title does say 1959.
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/1959-Triumph-TR3-/232305503875?hash=item36167cae83:g:By0AAOSwTuJYwJ51&vxp=mtr
>
> Tom Nichols
> '86 TVR 280i
> '58 TR3A TS32093LO
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