In a message dated 98-01-30 13:54:22 EST, you write:
> It is a Supplemental Type Certificate changing the model year to the
> year on the plate. These were routinely applied to left over cars on
> the dealer's lot at the end of a model year, usually Sept. 30.
>
> My TR3-A built in August of 1960 is STC'd as a 1962 model.
>
> Cheers, Don J. Howard
Don, thanks. I agree. As far as I can detemine, that appears to be what
happened. And it appears to have happened routinely in California. Guess the
dealers were worried about not being able to sell "last year's" model when
their US-made counterparts had fairly big changes each year.
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