GT6 trying to ID my New Car. GT6

[brunnels86]

I have bought what I was told was a 67 gt6. But it was no tag on it. I have a body 5471KC. An engine stamp on KC6493E
An a title that has KC58841 on it. But from what I can see on other pages MK2 only what up to KC58046. Help

 

[Sarastro]

According to John Thomason's book on Spitfires and GT6s, the MkII commission numbers were KC50000 to KC83397. This should be on a tag somewhere, along with trim and paint codes. Triumph created both body numbers and commission numbers. The body number is often mistaken for the vehicle ID, but the comm. no. is the important one. Engine number is irrelevant; engines are often replaced.

Are you saying that the car has no commission no. tag? That's disturbing.

Sorry I can't say more. I'm not a GT6 guy.

 

[brunnels86]

YES no commission tag

 

[Sarastro]

Well, without the commission no. tag, the car doesn't have a vehicle ID no. So, you can't show that the title is the one for that car. I can imagine all sorts of problems with that.

You can get a heritage certificate which will show both the comm. no. and the body no. At least that is evidence of the correct title. You can get replacement tags, and those could be stamped with the right numbers, but I don't know the legality of that. This is why I kept the old, cruddy tag on my TR4A when I restored it, even though I often see cars with clearly replaced tags. Maybe it's no big deal, but I just don't know.

British Motor Museum | Heritage Certificates

A Heritage Certificate is a certified copy of your car's entry in the original factory ledger, showing the specification as it left the production line.

www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk

 

[Andrew Mace]

I have bought what I was told was a 67 gt6. But it was no tag on it. I have a body 5471KC. An engine stamp on KC6493E
An a title that has KC58841 on it. But from what I can see on other pages MK2 only what up to KC58046. Help

I suspect that the number on the title should read KC5884 L (capital "L" rather than numeral "1). That number seems to be "in range" with the engine and body numbers (remember, the numbers will never "match" each other).

 

[brunnels86]

Do we know what the L was for. That was what i was thinking. Does any you eles have an L on the end of the commission number.

 

[mrv8q]

In the TR3 world, “L” stands for left hand drive, “O” is an overdrive car.