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Re: British Motor Industry Heritage Trust

To: Davies William-qswi646 <William.M.Davies@motorola.com>
Subject: Re: British Motor Industry Heritage Trust
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2001 08:06:52 -0700
I guess I should have said that the information it is taken from is as reliable 
as anything that is available, since it is taken from Triumph's actual
archives.

However, one can never discount the errors that occur when anything is 
transcribed from one source to another.  :)

Joe

Davies William-qswi646 wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joe Curry [mailto:spitlist@gte.net]
> >
> > The site you referenced has a picture of an actual BMIHT
> > certificate.  The data is taken from the Triumph archives
> > that are maintained by the BMIHT.
> > Therefore, you can absolutely count on it's correctness.
> 
> Theoretically, that is true. However I have received 2 certificates with
> errors of which I am aware. Firstly, the trim for our Mk1 2000 was listed as
> being Vinyde, when it is in fact leather (confirmed by the "H" on the
> commission plate). This error was corrected when I wrote to BMIHT and a new
> cerificate was issued.
>         The second inaccuracy was more enigmatic. My early 1959 Herald
> Saloon was shown as having a GC prefixed body number, where in fact the one
> attached to the car is GM prefixed - the rest of the number corresponded.
> When I brought this one to the attention of BMIHT I was sent a copy of the
> microfiched build information, and that confirmed the number they had
> quoted. There's no doubt that the car is original but there was a
> transcription error way back in 1959 which has now shown up in the records.
>         This is in no way an attack on BMIHT - they provide a valuable
> service for which I am very grateful. Just be aware that like the rest of
> us, they're not infallible,
>         Cheers,
>                 Bill.
> 
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