> From: Radley, Jack [mailto:JackR@SHRIVERCO.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 4:31 PM
>
> In addition, the British Leyland badges on
> the fenders behind the front wheel openings
> are missing. It is my understanding that the
> factory ran out toward the end of the
> production run.
Well on my 76 (CF58310 UO built on Jul 14/76 -- last day of TR6 production
-- CF58328 U was the last one) the BL badges are there. As I have owned the
car for almost 17 years and bought in very good original shape, I am fairly
sure the badges are from the factory. I have heard that the badges were
sporadically applied depending on how the guy doing it felt that day. May be
your car was left alone by him the day it was built.
> I have two holes in my left wheel arch, but no plate
> and no indication (like a shadow, or difference
> in paint condition) that anything was ever there.
That's because the earlier cars had their commission plates placed there. At
some point (the TRF catalog has this info) the comm plates were moved to the
left side door post. Look there and you will see a plate with (hopefully)
the same number as on the windshield frame. I think the inner wheel arches
were just fabricated with the rivet holes "pre-drilled" and were never
utilized in the later cars. The fact you see no "shadow" is a good
indication of this.
HTH.
--- Peter Zaborski CF58310UO ---
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