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'72 ('71?) TR6

To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: '72 ('71?) TR6
From: TinyHost@aol.com
Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 14:20:15 -0400
Andy:

>It sounds to me as if this car really is a 1971 except in name.

That's what I'm beginning to think as well.

>If TR6s are like other Triumphs imported to the U.S. during that time, 
>the engine numbers for the 1972 year would be CCxxxxxUE, the U 
>indicating the Federal-spec. low compression engine. Since you didn't 
>mention that, I'd assume you have the higher compression engine. 

I don't have the car handy, but I don't recall a U in the engine 
number.

>Again, I'm not so intimately familiar with TR6s, but what about the 
>labeling on various knobs? 

As you thought, there is no labeling on the knobs - just pictures.

>It would be interesting to compare your car to a "later" 1972 
>if you can locate one.

I may be able to do that at a local car show in about a week-and-a-
half. Thanks a lot for the suggestions!

        Bruce Krobusek
        Rochester   NY
       tinyhost@aol.com
          '83 R80RT
        '72 ('71?) TR6



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