>> ...well, I finally found one I thought I could answer. so I did then hit
>> 'send' and, had a second thought, asking myself "why does LHD alter the
>> chassis or the chassis number?".
Phil Ethier wrote:
> Because that's the way Triumph felt like doing it.
While many of the codes were established and in use pre-1939 by Standard Motor
Company, additional
codes were introduced post-war - and the L suffix was one of them. It was
incorporated in the
commission number as a notifier of the number of cars exported from the UK and
on which the company
would not have to pay or levy purchase tax. Additionally, the more cars that
could be produced with
an L suffix, the greater the apportionment of steel from very limited available
stocks. Many
overlook the fact that the UK was bankrupt in 1945, its industrial
infrastructure was shattered and
raw materials to make virtually anything had to be imported. Ergo, the more of
anything that could
be sold overseas for valuable foreign exchange, the better.
Jonmac
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