Sorry Joe...
(for once the expert needs some info updating)
According to three different sources I've run across, the E
stands for Emissions equiped. (pre-California stds).
IE: airpump, gulp valve, EGR all installed.
Paul Tegler
1973 BGT - Daily Driver
Rat - 1980 Spitfire w/ O/D - in re-hab
Punkin' - 1978 Spitfire - in Superb Shape!
email: wizardz@toad.net http://www.teglerizer.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
To: philip <cplimey@home.com>
Cc: SPIT mail list <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, September 13, 1999 2:26 AM
Subject: Re: Stupid Question(s) .... ?????
philip wrote:
>
> Well ... someone has to ask them .. right?
>
> OK, so I am not a rocket scientist, but ...
>
> WHAT do the suffix letters mean on the Spitfire VIN numbers?
> e.g. FM00000U or UE or whatever it happens to be?
> Also, what is the difference from a J type OD and a D type?
The suffix letters equate to the following:
U= Standard suffix for North American Market (Federal) cars
O= Overdrive installed
C= California Emissions
There is no UE but there are HE suffixes on the engine number meaning
High Compression
Earlier models as well as cars destined for markets outside of the US
have "L" meaning Left hand steering.
Regards,
Joe Curry
P.S. the next chapter is deciphering the International Vehicle
Identification Number codes as they apply to the Spitfires! :)
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