List,
Wow these are very interesting facts too bad none are in a book yet. I have
purchased several Sprite books are there any others that may contain the
info for the left side plate to identify what paint and interior was given
to the car at birth or do I need to purchase a Heritage certificate? Also
what are those certificates going for now a days?
Lin
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>wrote:
> What I have heard or read somewhere along the way was that the number
> stamped into the body shell on the right side under the wire loom (on
> Bugeyes) is the body stamping number.
> Now the body number and the chassis numbers do NOT match.
> As I read (or heard from Geoff Healey) was that the bodys were numbered
> 1-2-3-4-5-6 when made and loaded into a truck (Lorry)
> As the came out of the truck, 6-5-4-3-2-1 at the assembly line, they went
> to cars 1-2-3-4-5-6 thus mixing up the numbers by a few in the beginning to
> several hundred by the end of the run.
> Also the left door post number had something to do with paint and interior.
> That's what I have heard, or read but I did not read it on the internet so
> it may not be true ;)
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
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