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Odd · Postby **Odd** » 26 Apr 2009 16:49

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Chris Turner
The last TR8 is 80533 and belonged to Bob Tullius in the States <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"> Chris, that's the last TR8 by VIN number, finished on October 12th 1981.
The last TR8 by register card/manufacturing date is 408405, a CAN spec. '82 finished on October 20th 1981.
There were actually seven TR8 cars finished after Bob Tullius' famous "last" car...

These were the 41 TR8 cars finished in October of 1981:

Thursday Oct 1st: 408193, 408277, 408335, 408345, 408386 and 408394
Friday Oct 2nd: 408339, 408374, 408384 and 408401
Saturday Oct 3rd: -
Sunday Oct 4th: -
Monday Oct 5th: 408250, 408254, 408258, 408342, 408353, 408367, 408376, 408378 and 408389
Tuesday Oct 6th: 408387
Wednesday Oct 7th: 408356, 408361 and 408380
Thursday Oct 8th: -
Friday Oct 9th: -
Saturday Oct 10th: 408359, 408370, 408372, 408412, 408423 and 408485
Sunday Oct 11th: 408438 and 408449
Monday Oct 12th: 408364, 408492 and 408533
Tuesday Oct 13th: -
Wednesday Oct 14th: 408427
Thursday Oct 15th: 407978, 408434, 408445 and 408476
Friday Oct 16th: -
Saturday Oct 17th: -
Sunday Oct 18th: 408500
Monday Oct 19th: -
Tuesday Oct 20th: 408405

My personal question is:
Was Solihull operating a 7 day shift week schedule?
Or were they on strike in the weekdays and compensating with overtime in the weekends? [8D]
/Odd

elsberry · Postby **elsberry** » 26 Apr 2009 17:40

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by tr7inc

Daft question this but, was it only state side TR7's that had the unleaded sticker on the fasia?

Steve
1979 Pre Production Prototype Inca Yellow DHC
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My 80 US model also has the sticker on the instrument panel and around the filler cap. It's a late 79 build in reality, to the point that on the bonnet there are two emission sheets, one stuck on top of the other one.

nervousnewowner · Postby **nervousnewowner** » 28 Apr 2009 20:50

am pretty sure british cars weren't needed to be able to run on unleaded until 1989, i had a late 89 sierra with the dohc engine which was unleaded and was replacement for the pinto from that model on due to unleaded being introduced so the tr7s were way too early in this country to need an unleaded only sticker, i may be wrong tho and no doubt someone will possibly know more accurate data.....

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Beans · Postby **Beans** » 28 Apr 2009 21:32

"Unleaded fuel only" had everything to do with the catalytic converters that were used on the cars for the US market.

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1981 TR7 FHC Sprint (better known as 't Kreng)
1981 TR7 DHC (now completely dismantled)
Also a 1980 TR7 DHC, 1980 TR7 DHC FI, 1981 TR7 FHC
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