This is a post to this list from a few years ago.
I can't speak for it's accuracy or relevance today.
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>From: TRIPHSTEVE@aol.com
>Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 01:54:31 -0500 (EST)
>To: triumphs@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: How many are left? TR 250
>Fellow listers:
>
>A couple of weeks ago Greg Wolf wrote about a company in California who could
>produce computer registrations for certain models of cars upon request (and
>$16.00).
>
>I contacted Automotive Information Clearinghouse in La Mesa, CA and have now
>received the printout. They claim 489 TR 250's or TR5's are registered in the
>United States. They further claim that 8 TR 250's are registered in my home
>state (Kentucky).
>
>Their method uses a combination of the following methods:
>
>1. United States registrations;
>2. United States productions numbers
>3. AIC comprehensive computer model of make/model/year extrapolation
>4. United States salvage figures by state
>5. Their experience
>
>They also have a sales side to their business that markets original paint
>chip literature and original owners' manuals.
>
>I am not sure how accurate their numbers are on the TR 250; however, I am
>intersted in the opinion of this list. Is 489 too few? That seems low to me.
>
>I know of an enthuasist who registers one car and moves the plate around to
>whichever of his cars that starts. How many cars are not in salvage yards,
>roadworthy and unlicensed? How many survive?
>
>
>Steve Thornton
>Bowling Green, KY
>
>Triumphs:
>1954 TR2
>1962 TR3B
>1968 TR 250
>1971 TR6
>
>Jaguars:
>1963 MkII RHD
>1969 XKE FHC
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