There should be another plate attached to the windshield frame. See if it
is there and if that the numbers match those on the commission plate. If it
is missing or the numbers don't match, it is further evidence that the
comissiom plate was swapped with another car.
Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Bermudez" <red_tr250@yahoo.com>
To: <zoboherald@aol.com>; <nass@yahoogroups.com>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 7:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Spits] GT6 Commission Numbers
> ah, ok...the car looks like it was always RHD, though
> anything's possible.
>
> my guess is, it's a case of commission plate
> transplant...the engine isn't original
> either...neither is the gearbox so i'm gonna be hard
> pressed to get the correct commission number though
> the title goes with the commission plate. might be
> better to leave well enough ALONE!
>
> cheers,
>
> todd bermudez
> cincinnati, oh
> gt6 mk1
>
> --- zoboherald@aol.com wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Todd Bermudez <red_tr250@yahoo.com>
> >
> > Anyone know what the suffix would be on a Right Hand
> > Drive GT6? I'm
> > looking at a car that's a RHD. The commission
> > number ends in LO
> > (o-overdrive). I've always been under the
> > impression that cars ending
> > with an "L" that it would be left hand drive, but
> > can't really find any
> > documentation for GT6s. Looking at the photos of
> > the car, it appears
> > that the commission plate has been removed &
> > reattached for paint. Of
> > course it could be a case of commission plate
> > transplant...don't mind
> > so much, but I am curious.
> >
> > ==AM==
> > Todd, there was no suffix letter for RH steering
> > cars (except those
> > with factory overdrive would've had a final "O"). So
> > either the car has
> > been converted from LH to RH steering, or someone
> > has swapped
> > commission number plates.
> >
> > --Andy Mace
> >
> > *Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
> > *Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's
> > more your, er,
> > Triumph Herald engine with wings.
> > -- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying
> > Circus (22)
> >
> > Check out the North American Triumph Sports 6
> > (Vitesse 6) and Triumph
> > Herald Database at its new URL:
> > <http://triumph-herald.us>
> >
>
>
>
>
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