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Re: What is that thing?

To: Tim Hickey <tjhickey@gatecity.com>
Subject: Re: What is that thing?
From: George Richardson <gprtech@frontiernet.net>
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 06:44:52 -0500
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
Organization: Merlin Group Inc.
References: <3.0.1.32.19991107214840.006edc6c@pop.gatecity.com>
It's a VIN tag. British Leyland seems to have taken the pop rivet approach on
all of it's cars destined for the US. My '71 Stag and '83 Jag XJ6 both have VIN
tags pop riveted on.

Tim Hickey wrote:

> On my 1973 TR6 restoration project there is a small metal tag that is pop
> riveted to the left side of the windscreen frame on the inside.  It is
> about midway up the side, and on top of the black trim piece. It is about
> 1.5 inches long, or so, and looks to me like someone has broken off the tag
> (?) by bending it back and forth.
> Was this a parts identification tag from the factory?  A VIN tag?  For the
> life of me I can't see what function such a thing would serve.  Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.

--
George Richardson
The Wyvern - '57 Triumph TR3, TS15559L - http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
The Hippogrif - '71 Triumph Stag MKI, LE8176E - soon to get a site of it's own
Kitty - '83 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas - Undergoing repair



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