My only question on this is who made the plates, I thought they were only
available with stamping from the factory, there has to be a record of all
cars made and all cars shipped, how can you change the I.D. plates, have any
of you ordered a BMHT certificate and compared the I.D. numbers, could
settle this very quickly. "FT"
> This stuff about the STC number reminds me of similar mods done to TR3A
> commission numbers in Ontario (and perhaps in other provincces/states).
>
> My December/60 TR3A has a '2' stamped immediately in front of the
> commission number giving: 2TS 81140 L. A buddies TR3A (also from
> December/60) also has this stamping giving 2TS 81541 L.
>
> My December/59 TR3A has no such stamping and remains TS 63307 LO. I have
> interpreted the '2' stamping to represent the year of original sale of
> the car. This would fit with the stories of the many unsold TR3As
> sitting around in '61 and '62.
>
> Dave Q.
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