The commission plate on New Zealand assembled cars shows the build date and
the CKD number. They used the spaces normally used for the paint and trim
codes. The date also has a letter indicating where the car was assembled,
which is usually the letter "N", signifying Nelson where the assembly plant
was located. The CKD number is prefixed with two letters, "FR" signifying
that the car is a 2500S which was equipped with Manual O/D transmission. The
commission number is prefixed with a 3 to indicate that the car was
assembled in New Zealand.
Regards
David Greed
1974 Stag Manual O/D
1979 2500S Manual O/D
Email: greed@wave.co.nz
Homepage: www.wave.co.nz/pages/greed
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Macartney" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
To: "Triumph List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: Ebay TR6 VIN number
> I'm obliged to the people who have written to me off list stating
> their cars bear plates with dates on them. What I should have said in
> my earlier post - but didn't - is that to the best of my recollection
> up to the time I left BL in late 1972, no Triumphs left the factory
> with production dates stamped on their commission plates. This may
> well have changed in later years and was probably peculiar to the
> North American market. Let's face it, the cars destined for that
> market were by then so radically different in terms of equipment and
> general appearance, they almost demanded separate identities. Later
> cars made after this date that I have seen in the UK and Europe do not
> have build or compliance dates on their ID's for the reasons stated in
> my first post. My own newly acquired 2000 that Gaydon records show as
> built on 29th May 1974, was not first registered until January 1975
> but there's nothing on the car or documentation to indicate the build
> date. In fact, the specification on first registration is different as
> to how it came off the line eight months earlier.
>
> Jonmac
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