On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Mark Gehlhausen wrote:
> Question. the VIN is FDUxxxxxU. Can someone explain the first "U".
> None of my Triumph books indicate the existence of the first "U", but
> then they mainly address UK commission numbers. BTW, what does
> the second "U" mean? All help appreciated. Mark
Mark,
The VIN of my '70 Mk3 is FDU86843L. I remember reading somewhere that the
"U" after the "FD" means US spec and the "L" means left hand drive - sort
of redundant if you ask me. From this, I would guess that your '69 VIN
has been mis-read at some point and that it was originally, FDUxxxxxL.
As an aside, at one point, my '70 was titled as FD_V_86843L but I was
able to get it returned to FD_U_86843L with surprisingly little hassle.
Hope this helps,
Mike
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