Place of Origin

[fencible39]

I have always thought that I had one of the TR7s built in the problematic Speke plant, but looking at my assembly plant it says June 1977, Coventry England, ACW168XXUA. (the XX is false). Didn't want to put my vin out there.

I thought that Coventry builds started in 1978?



Dave Orcutt
1977 FHC Automatic
1978 FHC 5spd (Deceased)
2007 Hummer H3

[TR Tony]

If you have the prefix ACW then the car was built at Speke - the A denotes the Speke factory. When production started at Canley (as you say in 1978) the prefix T was used to denote that factory.

Canley was at Coventry, quite true, and at the time was the HQ of Triumph within the BL organisation. The fact that BL decided to use the brand new Speke factory at Liverpool for the new Triumph sports car was motivated by political issues as much as anything. At Canley Triumph were still building the Spitfire & Dolomite models, and for a while those cars were built alongside the TR7s after the move.

I digress (how unusual for me[:)]), the point being that as a Triumph car the chassis plate would have detailed the Triumph address, I think later TR7s had plates that said BL Cars Ltd, London - but none were ever built in London. I don't think there was ever a plate that stated Speke, Liverpool.

Tony

<font size="1">1981 TR7 FHC Cavalry Blue
1980 TR7V8 DHC Jaguar Regency Red - sadly sold!
1977 TR8 FHC EFI Factory development car Inca Yellow</font id="size1">

[fencible39]

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If you have the prefix ACW then the car was built at Speke - the A denotes the Speke factory. When production started at Canley (as you say in 1978) the prefix T was used to denote that factory.

Canley was at Coventry, quite true, and at the time was the HQ of Triumph within the BL organisation. The fact that BL decided to use the brand new Speke factory at Liverpool for the new Triumph sports car was motivated by political issues as much as anything. At Canley Triumph were still building the Spitfire & Dolomite models, and for a while those cars were built alongside the TR7s after the move.

I digress (how unusual for me[:)]), the point being that as a Triumph car the chassis plate would have detailed the Triumph address, I think later TR7s had plates that said BL Cars Ltd, London - but none were ever built in London. I don't think there was ever a plate that stated Speke, Liverpool.

Tony

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Good (thorough) explanation. Triumph address makes sense. Couldn't figure it out with the resources I had. Wiki, etc.



Dave Orcutt
1977 FHC Automatic
1978 FHC 5spd (Deceased)
2007 Hummer H3

[dursleyman]

I saw Liverpool comedian John Bishop on TV this week. He was doing a show actually in Liverpool and he made some jokes about Speke.
It seems that even the locals think Speke is still a no-go area these days.

Russ

1980 TR7 Sprint DHC
Dursley
UK

[Neil_W]

http://www.triumph-cars.co.uk/tr7-tr78- ... ained.html

You may or may not know this website - hours of reading [:D]
has a section on Vins

[fencible39]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Neil_W</i>

http://www.triumph-cars.co.uk/tr7-tr78- ... ained.html

You may or may not know this website - hours of reading [:D]
has a section on Vins


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Thanks, very informative.




Dave Orcutt
1977 FHC Automatic
1978 FHC 5spd (Deceased)
2007 Hummer H3