Speaking of original cars for sale

[DNK]

First TR5 for sale too
https://www.trbitz.com/used-cars

 

[GBRandy]

This is form their website...seems to disagree with the first TR5 thing:




First production one I guess....But someone else has #1

 

[Tr3aguy]

Must be why it says First TR5 off the LINE>>>>upon closer inspection

 

[DNK]

Well if the engine # is 1
What would the proto serial # be?

 

[WedgeWorks]

Maybe #1 crashed and they reused the engine!!

 

[BillyB62]

Is that engine block CP1 or CP13?

 

[DNK]

Cp1 e

 

[Andrew Mace]

As a further point of reference regarding "first" cars of a series and their components, here is a list of TS1LO original components:

rear axle -- TS2
engine -- TS3E
gearbox -- TS4

From https://www.triumphregister.com/TS1LObooklet.pdf

 

[Geo Hahn]

These guys were just building cars... they didn't know they were making history.

 

[Don Elliott]

In 2000, when I attended the unveiling of the MONUMENT which was built on the site of the former Triumph factory ( it was all torn down in 1995) in Canley, there was a reception afterwards and I met and spoke to many of the former employees who still live in the Coventry area. They all told me they were just working for the pay. It was just a job to them. I thanked them for all that they had done. They hadn't realised how many people they have made happy over the past 50 to 60 years by what they had done back then. Don Elliott, Original Owner, 1958 TR3A.

 

[Don Elliott]

Getting back to the TR5, I have met and have seen the first TR250. It bears Comm. No. 1 for a TR250 which has other letters different in the VIN compared to a TR5. The owner lives in Plattsburg in upper New York State.

 

[glemon]

Cool Don, condition, color? options? original or restored? pictures??? Regards, Greg

 

[PeterK]

Getting back to the TR5, I have met and have seen the first TR250. It bears Comm. No. 1 for a TR250 which has other letters different in the VIN compared to a TR5. The owner lives in Plattsburg in upper New York State.

I met the guy at British Invasion one year. The story was he bought out an old barn or such and got the car, not realizing at first that the CC# showed the car was the first one. I don't remember anything special but remember him wanting to replace the rear taillight housing because the chrome was starting to put. I don't think it was actually commission #1 but the CC# was listed as the first 250 produced. Other than that it was unremarkable in the crowd of TRs.