Martin Secrest (with an "All Original 72 TR6") wrote:
> are TR6 commission numbers "matched," as they are for
> other collector cars? If someone had, for instance, a
> non-original '72 engine in a '72 car, could anyone tell?
And Jack McGahey replied:
> Engine numbers follow roughly the same sequence as
> commision numbers, but no effort was ever made to match
> them . . . .so it would be hard for anyone to tell if an engine
> of the same year were not original.
It might be difficult for the casual observer to tell whether the engine
and/or trans were original, but anyone who really wanted to know for sure
could simply get the certificate from the British Motor Heritage Trust ($40
or so).
Jim Hill
Madison WI
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