TR6 Plate on drivers side front inner fender

[charleyf]

I am finishing a 1974 TR6 and there are two rivet or screw holes on top of the driver's side inner fender. But I have no plate with the parts that I received. Can somebody please tell me what is supposed to go there. I do have a 2" by 3" glue on metal plate regarding the tyres and seating capacity and I have no idea where it goes.

Charley

 

[Marvin Gruber]

Charley ,
on early TR6s the vin plate was mounted there. I believe BL just left them there instead changing dyes. The plate you are referring to, goes on the inside of the glove box door. Someone will surely post a picture.
marv

 

[charleyf]

Thanks Marv.
now I will not worry over the two holes in that fender.
Charley

 

[Tybalt]

On the 1970 and 1971 cars the emission control plate (black finish on aluminum plate) was riveted to the left hand front wheel arch. On the later cars an adhesive silver label with black print was used at the same location. These labels included both the emission control statements and engine settings with each year getting a plate or label specific to that model year car. The 1969 cars were treated more like the TR250 with two stickers, one with the emissions statement, the other with the engine settings, both applied to the underside of the bonnet. The Commission Number Plate was riveted to the left hand front wheel arch for both the 1969 TR6 and the TR250.

While there is some information out there that indicates that the Commission Number Plate (aka VIN plate) on 1970, 1971 and 1972 cars was located on that left hand front wheel arch as well, I know that is not necessarily the case. I believe that for the cars intended for outside of the US market (possibly all of the NA market), it would be correct to say that the Commission Number Plate was riveted to that wheel arch for those cars. In the US (and again possibly all of the NA market), that space was taken up by the emissions control plate and the Commission Number Plate was relocated to the left hand door jamb like on the later TR6s for all markets. I've yet to see a US spec 1970, 1971 or 1972 TR6 that did not have the Commission Number Plate on the left hand door jamb.

 

[charleyf]

The Commission number plate on this car is located on the left hand door jamb. I have not found any additional larger plate to fit on the left hand inner fender. That plate sounds like I can easily do without it.
Charley

 

[Tybalt]

While I agree that you could do without it, as indicated previously, it is not a plate for a 1974 car. It is a stick on label with the emissions control statement and the engine tuning settings. The label is available: https://gar.zeni.net/trf/trf_parts_results.php

 

[charleyf]

Thanks,I looked it up on TRF and found that it will do no good on this car as it now has HS6 SU's. So I will live with the two holes.
Charley