Tom,
I don't know about the rest of the Triumph lineup, but according to Herr
Clausager (Anders, for those of you who are on a first name basis with
him), the model year designation for Spitfires was based on the calendar
year regardless of what the rest f the world did. This gave rise to
those nasty STC tags that I have seen attached to various places on our
beloved cars.
In the early 70's, they did adopt the US model year strategy, even going
to the extremes of announcing a few 1/2 year models to separate the cars
after some cosmetic changes were made.
Regards,
Joe
linda long wrote:
>
> 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
> >
> >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> >* Andrew Mace, President and *
> >* 10/Herald/Vitesse (Sports 6) Consultant *
> >* Vintage Triumph Register <www.vtr.org> *
> >* amace@unix2.nysed.gov *
> >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> >
> >
--
"If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
-- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
|