Well I am back with this post because the British Heritage would not give up the vin number. They felt it was fraud. They did say there was a more involved way to find out more information on a vehicle, but they did not say I could get this information with only the engine numbers and it cost twice as much. The place sounded like some kind of original British car manufacturing place with far more detailed report, but again not sure if they will look with just an engine number. I heard Mike Ellis on the TR Register Forum has access to the factory documents. Perhaps Mike Ellis would help if I knew him.
It sounds like using the engine number would be a good number to use for a vin and get a blank plate from Moss and stamp it because there would be no other vin with those numbers, maybe. I will check with the state auto license and see what they suggest to do after I make up a vin with the engine number.
A couple of years ago, I took a title in for different tr3 for licensing the people said it would take a while because the car is not in the computer system and they needed to put the car in the system. The problem now is I have no title; maybe they will let me apply for new title because of the newer computer stuff . Not sure how to take advantage of the car not being in the computer system for many years. Perhaps I could say I lost the title and use the engine number and see where that goes. I prefer to be honest, but I see no other way to get my new rust bucket titled. I would like to have the original vin, but probably not doable, but like said it should be something like TS378xx. I will try the vintage triumph register, I used to get their magazine
steve
It sounds like using the engine number would be a good number to use for a vin and get a blank plate from Moss and stamp it because there would be no other vin with those numbers, maybe. I will check with the state auto license and see what they suggest to do after I make up a vin with the engine number.
A couple of years ago, I took a title in for different tr3 for licensing the people said it would take a while because the car is not in the computer system and they needed to put the car in the system. The problem now is I have no title; maybe they will let me apply for new title because of the newer computer stuff . Not sure how to take advantage of the car not being in the computer system for many years. Perhaps I could say I lost the title and use the engine number and see where that goes. I prefer to be honest, but I see no other way to get my new rust bucket titled. I would like to have the original vin, but probably not doable, but like said it should be something like TS378xx. I will try the vintage triumph register, I used to get their magazine
steve