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PAINT COLOURS-Continued
COLOUR
MODEL YEAR(S)
CODE
Shades of Blue
Royal Blue
1969-1971
56
Sapphire
1972-1974
96
Mallard
1973-1974
106
French Blue
1973-1975
126
Delft
1975-1976
136
Tahiti Blue
1976
146
Shades of Purple
Damson
1969-1972
17
Shades of White
White
1969-1976
19
TRIM COLOURS
COLOUR
MODEL YEAR(S)
CODE
Black
1969-1976
11
Matador Red
1969-1971
12
Light Tan
1969
13
New Tan (Peanut brittle colour.)
1970-1974
33
Chestnut (Dark reddish brown.)
1973-1974
63
Beige (Light mottled tan.)
1975-1976
74
Shadow Blue
1969-1974
27
PAINT AND TRIM COLOUR CODES
Triumph had a system for providing number codes for paint colours and for trim colours so
that they could be included on the commission number plate affixed to the left-hand front
wheelarch under the bonnet on 1969 models; on to the left-hand rear door post on 1970 through
1976 models. The position of the commission number plate may have varied on models for
countries other than the U.S.
The paint and trim codes as they apply to the TR6 models are summarized as follows. Model
Years are approximate.
PAINT COLOURS
COLOUR
MODEL YEAR(S)
CODE
Shades of Red
Signal Red
1969-1971
32
Pimento
1972-1976
72
Carmine
1973-1976
82
Magenta
1973-1974
92
Shades of Brown
Sienna
1971-1973
23
Maple
1974-1975
73 or 83
Russet Brown
1976
93
Shades of Yellow
Jasmine
1969-1972
34
Saffron
1971-1972
54
Mimosa
1973-1975
64
Topaz
1975-1976
84
Inca
1976
94
Shades of Green
Conifer Green (Triumph Racing Green)
1969-1970
25
Laurel
1969-1971
55
Emerald
1972-1973
65
1975 British Racing Green
1975-1976
75
Java
1975-1976
85
A. The above commission number plate is an example from a theoretical U.S. specification 1969
TR6. The car's commission number is
CC27961L
. Commission numbers for early TR6
models, up to 1972, with carburettors were prefixed with the letters
CC
. The number
27961
simply places the car into the numerical sequence between
25001
, the first 1969 model, and
32142
, the last 1969 model. The suffix letter
L
stands for standard U.S. left-hand steering.
B. The paint number
32
is for
signal red
, according to the chart above. A car with the paint
number
32
on its commission number plate will have come from the factory with signal red
paint no matter what colour it may be at the present time, and the commission number plate
will give you the original colour of your car no matter how carefully it may have been
repainted. Apparently, some paint numbers have a prefix letter
A
to designate that the car
was painted with acrylic paint. If the car used for our example had been designated as having
acrylic paint, the code number would have been
A32
.
C. The trim number
11
stands for
black
vinyl, or leathercloth as Triumph called it in their coding
system. The other possible trim numbers for the TR6 are listed in the chart above. If the
example car had been trimmed in leather, the trim code would have been prefixed by
H
as in
H11
. Apparently some early TR6's were trimmed in leather, although they are certainly very
rare.
A. The above commission number plate is an example from a 1976 TR6 belonging to The
Roadster Factory. Commission number plates for late U.S. specification TR6's were located
on the left-hand rear door post. Note that the date of manufacture is included on late comm.
no. plates, and this car is a very late one, within two hundred numbers of the end of
production. This car's commission number is
CF58097UO
. Commission numbers for all
carburetted TR6's after 1972 were prefixed with the letters
CF
. The number
58097
simply
places this car in numerical sequence between 50000, the first 1976 TR6 of the model year,
and
58328
, the last TR6 made at the end of the 1976 model year. The suffix letter
U
tells us
that this car was designated for the U.S. market, and the suffix letter
O
tells us that this car
was fitted with overdrive.
B. The paint number
93
is for
russet brown
, according to the chart above. A car with the trim
number
93
on its commission number plate will have come from the factory with russet brown
paint no matter what colour it may be at the present time, and the commission number plate
will give you the original colour of your car no matter how carefully it may have been
repainted. Apparently, some paint numbers have a prefix letter
A
to designate that the car
was painted with acrylic paint. If the car used for our example had been designated as having
acrylic paint, the code number would have been
A93
.
C. The trim number
74
stands for
beige
vinyl, or leathercloth as Triumph called it in their coding
system. The other possible trim numbers for the TR6 are listed in the chart above.
