I remember growing up in the 60's watching Bonanza with my parents on the
2nd or 3rd Sunday in September for the sole purpose of seeing what the new
Chevys were going to look like. Didn't have any knowledge of LBC's then,
but might the LBC dealers tag on to this practice of the Big Three to
introduce the new model year in the Fall?. It seems like Americans were
conditioned then to see the new styles in the Fall. Obviously, LBC's didn't
change that much within a marque from year to year...but maybe in the fall
of 1963, say for example, the TR4's received by the dealer magically became
1964? If so, then I'd guess the TR250's made in the Fall of '67 would be
labeled by the dealer as '68's....just a SWAG.
Peace
Tom Long
Blacksburg, VA
'64TR4
'68TR250
'76TR6
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
To: MPRICE@KeystoneSystems.com <MPRICE@KeystoneSystems.com>
Cc: JRossi727@aol.com <JRossi727@aol.com>; Triumphs@autox.team.net
<Triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, December 03, 1999 10:59 AM
Subject: RE: TR-250 VIN # ?
>
>On Fri, 3 Dec 1999 MPRICE@KeystoneSystems.com wrote:
>
>>
>> John wrote:
>
>> > Hello All My 250 vin# is CD 1184 L. Should this 250 be tagged
>> > as a 1967 and not a 1968 TR-250?
>
>> Good question. Apparently the build date and date they were tagged as
were
>> often different depending on when the dealer got it off the lot. I
suspect
>> that yours was built in '67, but only because I think mine was built very
>> early in '68 (CD2807 L). Sure would like to know the number for the first
>> one built in '68.
>
>CD2685L, according to information I have.
>
>I'm pretty sure that all TR250 were intended for sale as 1968 models. I
>seem to recall that the first ones were built in August 1967 -- more than
>late enough to "qualify" as a 1968 model by the time they reached North
>America.
>
>--Andy
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