Steve Valin:
>My TVR has an MGA 1500 engine with a strange number on it. The number is
>IH-HCS-42223. This is not a standard MG type number. The engine is
>definitely an MG engine with 1500 in large friendly letters on the left side.
>The number is on a plate that is riveted to the block (or maybe it was the
>head). Does anybody know why this number is not in standard MG format?
>I'm still looking for the VIN number on the car. Does anyone, especially those
>in England, know the phone number, or better, the FAX number, for TVR Cars.
>They used to be in Blackpool, England. I might have to give them a call to
>find out where the VIN number is.
Found this in the June issue of THOROUGHBRED & CLASSIC CARS (page 238).
TVR Car Club
TVRCC
The Green, Inkberrow
Worcs, WR7 4JF
U.K.
Tel: Colin Lyons
071-474 6141 Mon-Fri 10am-4pm (local)
Don't forget the international phone code prefix which is 011 for the
U.K., I believe. The time difference here on the west coast is 9 hours.
Sorry I don't have a number for a US club.
Sometimes a club is your best source of information regarding details
about component I.D. or the location of a VIN number. These are
important details to enthusiast (who may have to register or
authenticate his car) but may just be trivial book-keeping details to
marketing and manufacturing people. Plus you'll most likely get a
quicker, friendlier response from a club.
There was also an ad in the same magazine for a company (in England)
that specializes in pre-1980 TVR parts. I'll e-mail it or post it if you
or anyone else is interested.
Roland Dudley
cobra@hpcilan.hp.com
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