>From 'Original Triumph', page 102: "the first car [TR4] built in 1962 was
CT2649 on 1/1/62, the first built in 1963 was believed to have been
CT18605..."
Tom
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From: Gregory Petrolati
To: John Wroclawski
Cc: Jerry McDonald; Tom Niccum; triumphs
Subject: Re: Commission Numbers, etc.
Date: Wednesday, June 05, 1996 5:03PM
On Wed, 5 Jun 1996, John Wroclawski wrote:
> At 6:27 AM -0700 6/5/96, Jerry McDonald wrote:
> >On Jun 4, 6:26pm, Tom Niccum wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all -
> >> When I look at the title to my TR-4 it says that I have a '63.
> >>
> >> Looking at my Commission number of CT13648LO, and the Moss catalogue, I
> >> am lead to believe that I actually own a '62.
>
> Hi,
> Back then it was common to title the car with the year it was first
> registered; folks being somewhat less concerned with "model year" than
they
> are now. I'd put very little weight on what the title says.
>
> Back in Illinois I had a '63 TR3 once...
I know a guy in Springfield IL that has a `61 TR4 CT417L or some
such...
I'm not sure how many `4s were produced in 62... The total production
run was somewhere around 49,000.
I'd really cast a hairy eyeball at CT13648LO being a "reallio-trulio"
1962 car (if it was it must have been the last to roll off the line
on December 31st... I'd check for champers corks in the door pockets).
Greg Petrolati
gpetrola@prairienet.org 1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
"That's not a leak... My car is just marking its territory!"
Greg Petrolati, Champaign, Illinois
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