- 1. [Spits] Early Spitfire VIN Decoding: (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Vasquez" <mike.vasquez@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 11:17:57 -0700
- The title lists my spitfire was a 1965 2dcv -- FC24119L My research of just a few minutes via googling says this is actually an early car in the 1964 run? Looks like that was: FC22700-45753 My '75, I
- /html/spitfires/2008-08/msg00003.html (7,933 bytes)
- 2. Re: [Spits] Early Spitfire VIN Decoding: (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Vasquez" <mike.vasquez@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 11:41:05 -0700
- http://www.vehicleidentificationnumber.com/triumph_spitfire.html So it was mnfctrd in early '64 -- is the title correct that it's a '65 model year? Wondering what number I use for picking parts out,
- /html/spitfires/2008-08/msg00004.html (9,999 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Spits] Early Spitfire VIN Decoding: (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 11:41:36 -0700
- Congratulations Mike! Welcome back to the wonderful world of Spit ownership. By all means, check your cars' info (and enter your cars' info) at, Joe Curry's International Spitfire Database. <http://m
- /html/spitfires/2008-08/msg00005.html (7,996 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Spits] Early Spitfire VIN Decoding: (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 11:30:18 -0700
- According to the BMIHT, The first car manufactured in 1964 was FC22683 and Production of the Mk1 ended in December of 63 with the last one having Commission number FC44656. So your car was manufactu
- /html/spitfires/2008-08/msg00006.html (8,846 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Spits] Early Spitfire VIN Decoding: (score: 1)
- Author: Spitfire4 <douglashansen@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 12:16:53 -0700 (PDT)
- Dont you mean the mk1 ended in Dec of 64 not of 63. My BMIHTC shows my mk1 of 36k was built on July 1964 Douglas A. Hansen www.1147cc.com -- Original Message -- From: Joe Curry <spitlist@cox.net> To
- /html/spitfires/2008-08/msg00007.html (9,681 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Spits] Early Spitfire VIN Decoding: (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 12:17:58 -0700
- Unfortunately the color codes and other extra information was not present on that year's commission plates. So it is impossible to know what color it was unless there is some unmolested paint still
- /html/spitfires/2008-08/msg00008.html (8,894 bytes)
- 7. Re: [Spits] Early Spitfire VIN Decoding: (score: 1)
- Author: Spitfire4 <douglashansen@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 12:34:46 -0700 (PDT)
- I find that the best place to see the org paint and color is under the thick sound damping material on the back seat area. and vin plates didnt show the dates until the mk3s. mk2s did show paint and
- /html/spitfires/2008-08/msg00009.html (9,752 bytes)
- 8. Re: [Spits] Early Spitfire VIN Decoding: (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 13:21:45 -0700
- Nice Catch Doug. That of course was a typo. It is impossible for the first car in 64 to be FC22683 when production ended in Dec. of 1963. Joe _____ From: Spitfire4 [mailto:douglashansen@yahoo.com] Se
- /html/spitfires/2008-08/msg00010.html (9,522 bytes)
- 9. Re: [Spits] Early Spitfire VIN Decoding: (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 14:30:13 -0700
- This exchange has started me thinking (which can be considered dangerous). The number of Mk1 Spitfires that were built (45753) is out of proportion to the total of the commission numbers. Since the
- /html/spitfires/2008-08/msg00011.html (10,630 bytes)
- 10. Re: [Spits] Early Spitfire VIN Decoding: (score: 1)
- Author: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 16:43:16 -0700
- I defer to Joe's considerably greater knowledge, especially as square-tails are my particular addiction. Nick M Nick, Unfortunately the color codes and other extra information was not present on that
- /html/spitfires/2008-08/msg00013.html (8,156 bytes)
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