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Re: PT 2, Roadster Chronology - Highest VIN SPL

To: "Douglas E Noble" <Douglas.E.Noble@parsons.com>,
Subject: Re: PT 2, Roadster Chronology - Highest VIN SPL
From: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 12:52:40 -0400
Doug,

The SPL & SRLs used the same nos. as they were different models. I saw SRL
0007 or something like it many years ago and if it were a SPL number it
would have been a 66 not 67.5

Mike


----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas E Noble" <Douglas.E.Noble@parsons.com>
To: "Datsun Roadster List" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 1:10 PM
Subject: PT 2, Roadster Chronology - Highest VIN SPL


> A follow up to my earlier post...
>
>  Searching for some additional info on this I found that Rallye's website
>  mentions that the highest 1600 VIN found so far is SPL311-31304.  Dann,
is it
>  still alive?
>
>  Second, Dann mentions that there are gaps in known VIN series.  Question,
were
>  the SP311 and SPL311 cars numbered consecutively across both models?
That is,
>  if there is an SP311-26800 there is no SPL311-26800.  Or were they
numbered
>  consecutively in separate model groups, and groups of SPL's (and SRL's)
are
>  AWOL or scrapped.
>
>  Being retentive about VINs and numbers....
>
>  Doug Noble
>  Vienna, Virginia
>  SPL311U-25006
>
>
>
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>
>  To the List,
>
>  Returning to a thread about the highest VIN on a SPL or SRL roadster...
>  searching the archives for the listserve, the highest active SPL left
>  (or at least acknowledged, was SPL311U-31016, owned by Marc Tyler in
>  Texas).
>
>  I have located one numbered higher, SPL311U-31163.  It is red w/black
>  int. and lost an argument with a tree -- pretty bad but not terminal
(grill,
>  hood, bumper, radiator at least, need to look further).
>
>  Anyone have a 1970 SPL311 higher the 31163?  Phill Brook's book lists
>  the series going thru 31400.  Does anyone know what happened to the
"last"
>  one 31400?  Or was Nissan a little off in their numbers?
>
>  Phill, Rob, Dennis, Tom, others -- an ideas?
>
>
>  Doug Noble
>  Vienna, Virginia
>  SPL311U-25006
>
>  P.S. Whatever happened to the content of the roadster registry that
>  Mike Bell down in Florida was creating 2-3 years ago?

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