chassis number

[Jacob]

hi there guys

if my spitifire doest have a chassis or body number on it is there any way i can know if it is the original one for my car? 

cheers jacob

 

[Nick Jones]

You do have a VIN number? On a stamped plate on the bulkhead? That’s the the only one the DVLA recognise and this is what needs to match the one on your V5 logbook.

The chassis originally had a number on a welded tag on a front outrigger (iirc). I’ve seen few tags remaining over the years, but never one that was legible. Not sure whether the bodies even had them.

Nick

[RobPearce]

Even if your body or chassis does have a stamped plate riveted to it, it's not very useful for telling whether it's the original one. Besides, as Nick says, nobody really cares, unless it's a particular car with some special pedigree - like, perhaps, it's one of the four original genuine LeMans cars (hint: it isn't).

If you're just curious as to whether your car really is as "original, unrestored" as the seller told you, then you're much better off looking for other sorts of clues, such as paint edges where trim panels fit.

[thescrapman]

And as a note of warning, if you do find a tag on the chassis, make sure it can not be read by anyone else such as an MOT tester, it is not worth the pain.

[Slimboyfat]

On 15/11/2021 at 20:15, RobPearce said:

nobody really cares, unless it's a particular car with some special pedigree - like, perhaps, it's one of the four original genuine LeMans cars (hint: it isn't).

 

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