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> Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 16:10:02 -0700
> From: Kenneth_Brown@dot.ca.gov
> Subject: re: TR4 CKD questions
>
> I also have a CKD TR, assembled in Belgium, shipped to France, brought back
> in
> pieces (rust bucket body was left behind) to the states in 1985. From the
> BHIMT
> certificate I received within the last year, the only info was the engine
> #,
> commission #, and the color. No information was given on the Body Number
> aside
> from a note that all records from Belgium were destroyed in a fire. FWIW I
> don't
> have the body number plate either, but I can't remember if I just didn't
> take it
> or if it didn't have one to start.
>
> Maybe Joe Curry and his database or Brad Kahler (sorry if I mispelled your
> name)
> could help on this one since spitfires (and others) were also CKD's
> .......
>
> -Ken
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> Completely Knocked Down (CKD) TR4's were assembled in Belgium. (For tax and
> other reasons). My question is whether the body tubs were shipped from ST
> assembled and numbered or whether the tubs were put together in Belgium. In
> either case -- What body numbers, if any, would have been used.
>
Ken,
My 64 spitfire was originally a CKD car that came from Belgium. It has
the commission # plate and the chassis plate on it. That doesn't
necessarily mean the TR4s would have had both however!
And now you didn't mispell my name!
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