In a message dated 4/29/2006 3:26:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, TR250Driver
writes:
The PO referred to it as a very late 68, therefore a GT6+. I think the
MK2's and Plus's started at commission #KC50001, mid to late 68. It is titled
as
a 68. A few guys have already argued that 68 was MK1 only?
==AM==
And I'd be one of those guys. :-)
Yes, I know the lore, and I also know that sometimes the British weren't as
absolutely strict about "model years" as others, especially in the mid-1960s
and earlier. But the GT6 Mk 2/+ began production in July 1968, and even "back
then" I can't imagine any company being proud to introduce a brand-new model
and calling it the model year about to end! So I'd consider any GT6+ a 1969
if KC50001 and above, or 1970 if KC75001 or above. I wonder how yours got
titled as a '68 and if it was always titled that way?
==AM==
Body # is 80268 KD. No clue on that, might have came from one of my old
Spits?
==AM==
No, any K-series body (or other) number would be from a GT6. 80268 would be
1970 model year.
==AM==
Really both cars were JUNK! So I have at least put another Triumph on the
road from parts.
==AM==
And, of course, that's what's really important here!
==AM==
Yes, FYI, all the lenses in the rear are the unique 70 variety....
==AM==
Cool! If I were you, I'd get a set of "normal" Spitfire taillamp lenses, and
only put the others on when you get to a show field. Seeing as the last pair
I saw on eBay went for over well over $100, and considering just how fragile
they are (one brush of a leg is sometimes enough to snap them right off the
lamp base!)....
--Andy Mace
*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er,
Triumph Herald engine with wings.
-- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)
Check out the North American Triumph Sports 6 (Vitesse 6) and
Triumph Herald Database at its new URL: _http://triumph-herald.us_
(http://triumph-herald.us/)
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