Mark,
According to my copy of "Original Sprite and Midget", 1958 production
ended between numbers 8283 and 9191. 16894 would have been built around
April 1959.
There would be an L if the car was originally Left-hand drive, which I'd
assume your car was originally.
Hope this helps.
-=Chris
<-----Original Message----->
From: Mark
Sent: 4/8/2006 4:39:23 PM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Bugeye VIN Decoding
Another Bugeye question.
I received my Bugeye title today and have a question: The title lists
the
car as AN516894. I believe that it should be AN5L6894, am I correct in
thinking that a 58 Bugeye would only have 4 digits following the "L"? My
books show the first Bugeye as 501 which would make mine the 6393rd car
made, but did they make that many in 1958? I have looked in the several
books on my shelf but didn't find the production info. Did later Bugeyes
roll over to 5 digits following the "L" once past the 10,000 production
number I also want to order BMIHT certificate and need to make sure it
is
correct, the car has a 1275 so engine number won't help. I thought I
would
try to get my local DMV to make the correction on my title, fat chance
don't
you think....
Thanks,
Mark
Nashville
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