On Jul 3, 4:24pm, David Brock wrote:
> Subject: Commission Numbers??
> I'm following the thread on Comm/Body/etc numbers to try to figure out a
> little more about my Spit... I hope somebody might be able to help:
>
> Block: FM17528UE
> Commission (Door Panel): FM3812U
> Body (Bonnet Panel): 4830FM
>
> While the car is in Canada, and I beleive it has been for a while, it is a
> RHD, and has the markings of a 1500, thought not completely.
>
Since the car is RHD, it wouldn't have been a 1500 model. The Brits didn't
get the 1500 model until '75. It should have Mark IV id on it, and a 1300
engine.
> I bought it as a '73, but my research into the Haynes makes me think that
> it's really been pieced apart and back together since '73.
>
>From the Commission number, it is a '73, but there should be a plate just
below the latch on the dog-leg that has the construction date on it. This
is also the plate where the color and trim numbers are stamped.
> Q: Did Triumph change the desigh during production years, not just at the
> change (ie: were all '73 spits exaclty the same (barring options) at
> production time, or did they evolve as the year wore on, to become the '74???
>
To the best of my knowledge, the only thing added during the model year
would be the large over-riders on the bumpers. These would have been
required to be installed after a certain date. However, the Brit-spec
version would not have these.
> TIA,
>
> David
>
> --
> dmbrock@julian.uwo.ca <David M Brock>
> The University of Western Ontario
>
> I'm not going to bother with a .sig file for now.
>-- End of excerpt from David Brock
Otherwise, I would have to agree with what Andy has written. The engine
is not original to the car.
Doug Mitchell
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