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Re: Early CF series cars

To: Scions of Stanpart <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: Early CF series cars
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 11:16:39 +0600 (EDT)
On Tue, 29 Apr 1997, Chad Jester wrote:

> Jeff S. Hapke wrote:
> > 
> > Jeff, I own a early 1974 CF155??  (built in Nov 1973)
> > -No bumper overriders (Anyone know when they were added? mid '74?)
> > -Inertia belts
> 
> I have owned 6 or 7 '74 TR6's from CF13611U to CF25738UO.  ALL had
> rubber overriders.

Again(?), pure speculation on my part, but some of these Federal safety
standards took effect on a calendar-year basis, not a model year basis.
Therefore, the overriders might have been added to cars BUILT on or after
January 1, 1974, rather than for all cars considered by Triumph to be 1974
MODELS.

--Andy

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