triumphgreeves65@yahoo.co.uk there is a problem with this address , mail fail etc , I did recive your email but no attachments , can you send again
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If it was a USA export it wont appear in the UK dispatch records, the export records were destroyed and the club only has the UK ones.
If it was a UK bike then the engine number should appear in the records alongside the frame number that it was fitted to. Maybe someone with the dispatch records could have a look.
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Originally posted by craig View Posttriumphgreeves65@yahoo.co.uk there is a problem with this address , mail fail etc , I did recive your email but no attachments , can you send again
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Originally posted by John Wakefield View PostAs Phil suggests a TE, I think its a poorly stamped E so yes 24TE357. Does it have a registration number or V5C?
Engine No 453D4130 is a 32A supplied to Greeves for 24TE, TES & TFS
The speedo binnacle points to a USA spec, presumably why its not in UK despatch records.
The speedo binnacle was fitted to all TFS models, home or export.
I couldn't see anything that fitted in the dispatch records - which is why I asked if Craig was in the UK - for all we knew he and the bike could be abroad somewhere. Except that now we know he has a uk email address.
I have 24TFS 385. It has engine no 453DC 4223 - the original.Last edited by Colin Sparrow; 02/12/2016, 07:53 AM.Colin Sparrow
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Yes you will be able to get it road registered, the club should be able to issue a dating certificate, then its a case of filling in a V55 (Application for first registration form) with the appropriate fee & you will get an age related 'C' suffix number. The club dating officer is John Collard (aka 'druid') on here.
Might be a good idear to stamp in the missing 'S' before you proceed so that that it ties in correctly with records & DVLA record frame number as 24TFS357.
Looking at the stamping again the TF looks original with the 24 & 357 in larger font. As I said in previous post looks like that part of the number got obliterated with welding & was re stamped. To my knowledge there was never a 24TFLast edited by John Wakefield; 02/12/2016, 10:10 AM.
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thankyou , I will think about this as I am not keen to alter any frame numbers just incase at a later date some history comes along and ive ruined it , I am looking at ways to have the frame scanned xray to see if there is anything going on , will let you know , unfortunately it has made my mind up as to what I will be doing with the bike and its the triumph engine route , I'm not a big two stroke fan but would have saved the machine if all had been as should be .
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Just a reminder that the aluminium is cast around the steel tube of the steering head assembly. I have never heard of a steering head cracking. The down beams are known to bend and break under severe stress.
I think it would be a good idea to get the steering head x rayed, or crack detected. That said, x raying may not show what you are looking for, or expecting.
Either way get at least one opinion from a fellow Greeves owner as to whether the steering head has, or has not been welded and restamped.
Adding a Triumph engine will quite obviously increase the weight of the machine. However, properly engineered installation will actually make the frame stiffer.
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Craig, I had a 1966 Anglian with the frame number 24TG 375 which was unusual as no S , after speaking to Andrew King about it it turned out to be a bike for Ally Cameron in the 1966 SSDT with a 150cc engine . Andrew found it on list of bikes on loan from the competition department I also have a copy of this list, your bike is also on this list , 24TF 357 reg number LEY112C was on loan to M/C/I (dont know who that is) date of loan 24.4.65 engine number appears to be 453D19830 photo copy not very clear . So it looks like your bike has quite a bit of history so I would keep it as is .Hope this helpful and maybe assist with getting original reg ?.If you would like a copy of list let me know and I will email to you.
Simon
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