Whoops...stupid error. I haven't looked at my Heritage Certificate in
years and transposed the two dates in my mind while concentrating on early
car rear wing beads. Thanks for the correction.
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Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 18:46:11 EST
From: Trsx69@aol.com
Subject: Re: Early cars and things
The April build date is actually from the emissions tag under the bonnet. It
is the date that the emissions conform to, not the build date. My 69 has
this also, but the build date is Nov 22 1968 CC26629L
Regards
Jim Holewka
69 TR6
72 TR6
80 TR7
80 TR7-V-8
New Jersey
In a message dated 1/31/02 12:01:02 PM, CP25616@aol.com writes:
<< William Whitmoyer wrote
My understanding (and it's been a while since I read up on this) is that
the very first cars had many parts from the TR250 production, including the
rear wing beads. My car (CC25317) was built in April 1968 as the "new"
introduction model that would be unveiled at the dealership (in my car's
case, Dallas, TX) prior to the arrival of the regular cars. As such, the
earliest cars have more 250 in them than the regular, later, model year
run. I can't remember the details, but the rear wing beads were only used
on a few hundred cars.
William, you evidently know your stuff on early cars but I will have to
dispute the build date mentioned above. Only the prototype TR6's were running
at that time. TR6 production started in Sept. 1968 which should date yours to
that same month or at latest October 1968.
Alan Graham
Scotland CP25616 0
William Whitmoyer
69 TR6
90 BMW iX
91 CRX Si
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