Red letter day yesterday. TS81802LO has been titled... No tags yet, need to
get insurance first. (but I couldn't get insurance until it was titled - i.e.
proof of ownership). I tried going to a different DMV office - with last NY
registration, two prior owner bill of sale, bill of sale to me, BMHIT and
Standard Triumph Build Records from TRA. No problems other than I had to get
a VIN verification.
With a little bit of research, I have the full pedigree. I am the 4th person
to own the car.
I did get the date corrected to match build records so now it is a 1960....
It was built 8 Dec 1960; dispatched 29 Sept 1961 to Japan... (it evidently sat
in coventry for 10 months)
Original purchase price ~3,000
Brought to the states in April, 1963 . First stateside registration was May 1,
1963; last expired on 04/30/72. Mileage at last registration (1971): 26,878.
Sold in May, 1972 for $500, Transmission was 'trash'
The second owner (now 83) had an unusual name and is still living at same
address so I was able to talk with him. He had the car for 15 years and didn't
do much to it except fix front end accident damage that occurred after he
purchased it when he backed into it in the garage with his truck. included
painting in maroon over the original black. (that explains the inner fender
damage.) He never drove it as he never got around to repairing the
transmission. Engine was running when he sold it for $100 in 1987.
3rd owner purchased a new O/D transmission in 1992 (have receipt); Purchased an
additional $3500 in new parts over 4 year period to 1995. Got divorced in
early 1996; car sat in ex-wife's garage until she made him put it up for sale
in Dec, 1997. Asking $1000 - described as a dismantled TR3 with partially
rebuilt engine/transmission. i.e. basket case.
I bought it for $650 sight unseen - primarily as a parts car for my then
rolling restoration. (I sold that car in 2002 to fund the restoration of this
one)
So according to the records - I am the 'second' owner :^) of a ~30,000mi TR3.
No wonder the engine didn't need much work.
Carl
1960 TR3A - TS81802LO
mysite.verizon.net/cfmtr3a
Tampa, Florida
On Jun 20, 2013, at 2:00 PM, triumphs-request@autox.team.net wrote:
> I am having issues with FL DMV on getting the TR3 registered. The
> Bill of Sale is dated 1998; the car was last registered in NY in
> 1987. The BOS is not notarized. The PO is no longer at that
> address (no forwarding address). Any ideas? (Internet search came
> up with 83 possibilities nationwide - no guarantee that he is still
> alive)
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