Re: Engine Number

[Dave Biggs <D.Biggs@domain.elided>]

Henry Frye wrote:
> 
> Mike,
> 
> I just finished hunting down my engine number on my '71 MkI.
> 
> I found the telltale "UE" and what looked like a number preceeding it,
> directly under the coil. The only way I could get in there with Simple
> Green and a rag to clean off the area enough to read the number was to
> remove the coil. The area the number is stamped is not a polished boss, it
> just appear to be the outer casting that got punched.
> 
> Which brings another question. My engine number is almost 3000 _lower_ than
> my commission number. All my prior Triumph experience is with TR's. On a
> TR, engine numbers are generally a little higher than commission numbers.
> By applying this, I suspect I do not have my original engine.
> 
> I havn't purchased my BMIHT build certificate yet, so I'm wondering from
> those of you who have your certificates, does this sound like the original
> engine?
> 
> Comm Number LE13213UO
> Engine Nbr  LE10344UE

Henry,

My engine number is approx 1500 less than my commission number and I
have the Heritage certificate to confirm it. However mine is a Mk II and
I presume that both numbers got reset to 20000 together.

Dave.

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