i am enjoying this thread :-). please keep posting discoveries.
----- Original Message -----
From: <nwolf@u.washington.edu>
To: <tfansher@comcast.net>; <TR250Driver@aol.com>; <pethier@comcast.net>
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] Narrowing in on a lost commission number
> Thanks to Tom Fansher and Darrell, we now have four data points for the
> TR4 tank vent pipe hole diameter:
>
> CT 5521 LO: 1/2"
> CT 7966 L: 1/2"
> CT 11880 L: 1"
> CT 13917 L: 1"
>
> This seems to confirm the CT 11664 change point in the Moss catalog for
> the grommet size (way to go, Moss!)
> Thanks again for those measurements... I really appreciate it! Sounds
> like my car is a solid '62... or at least the body tub and engine are.
>
> The car has a long-bubble bonnet. Assuming it's original, this would
> tentatively narrow the range to CT 6429 - CT 11663. I'm making a table
> with the commission-number ranges implied by other components, but several
> of them don't agree with each other (for example, domed-glass gauges and
> tube-frame seats).
>
> I'll try to read the "body-in-white" number later today or tomorrow and
> go from there.
> -Nick
>
>
> On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:10:17 +0000 pethier@comcast.net wrote:
>> From: TR250Driver@aol.com
>> > Nick,
>> > CT 5521 LO I/2" hole. 62 TR4
>> > CT 13917 L 1' hole. 63 TR4
>> > Cheers,
>> > Darrell
>>
>> I guess there's no point in my digging into my CT2846L.
>>
>>
>> BTW, does the car have a short-bubble hood (bonnet)?
>> -
>> Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
>> 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban,
>> 1994 Miata C package
>> pethier [at] comcast [dot] net http://forum.mnautox.com/forums/
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/pethier
>> I decry the textmessagization of the American-English language.
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