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Re: Matching Numbers

To: toad <toad@storm.ca>
Subject: Re: Matching Numbers
From: Bollen <bollen@ibm.net>
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 14:11:35 -0500
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <36609801.3F79@storm.ca>
toad wrote:
> 
> Listenati
> To me, matching numbers are most important.  Vehicle number and engine
> number must match assembly data in order to have a vehicle that has
> clean lineage.
> 
> Toad, I used to think that until I read an article by a former Brit car 
>dealer, which stated that quite often the cars didn't have matching numbers 
>leaving the showroom.This happened because of Cuastomers'wanting different 
>axle ratios, or a new car having a bad gearbox, and the dealer rather than 
>wait for replacement parts would swap out from another car on the showroom 
>floor
Stu

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