Tom,
When I restored my '80 Spitfire, I did find a couple of date related items. On
the under side of the pad that straddles the drive shaft tunnel (under the hand
brake), I found a date, which was a month or two before the date of
manufacture. Also, when I removed the dash pad, I found a sticker with a date
on it, however that one would require a lot of work to get to.
Good luck
Cecil
'65, '80 Spitfires
Tom Harvey wrote:
> In article <000b01bf3438$cb63ee00$21f0adce@lapuser>, Laura Gharazeddine
> <Laura.G@141.com> writes
> >
> >Well this ought to be easy enough!
> >
> >There should be commission plates and such on the car-and those numbers
> >while they won't say "02/02/74" or whatever, do have a definite order and
> >date the car.
>
> Sorry... No commission number (except that off of a mk3, hence the DVLA
> insistence), no chassis number.
>
> I should have elaborated, but that is what I meant when I said in my
> original post that the documentation/ID has long been lost by previous
> owners. All components look to be consistent with a 1500 (as I say, a
> 1977/8ish car). I think that the documentation/commision plates etc have
> all been altered for tax avoidance reasons (cars made before 1973 are
> not required to pay road tax in the UK). Hence my need to age it from
> other (less reliable) features such as date stamps on components.
>
> Not as easy as you thought?
>
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