<div dir="auto">I know Bill, he is in the Oregon club. So as I thought. Vin# s not stamped until BJ8 cars.<div dir="auto">Thanks<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Ira Erbs<br>Portland, OR<br>typos and artifacts are the fault of my phone</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 11:49 PM  <<a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_7204654034708313971WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> i erbs <<a href="mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">eyera3000@gmail.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> 17 October 2018 13:56<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a><br><b>Cc:</b> Ahealey help <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] BJ8 at RM Hershey auction<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Is that a body # or vin #? My understanding was vin# were only stamped on BJ8s<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Ira Erbs<br><br><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">See below. I’d say Bill was likely to be correct. He loved his Tricarbs and knew pretty much all there was to know about them. He certainly gave me a lot of help and advice.:-<u></u><u></u></p><div style="border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 1.0pt;background:#dfdfdf"><p class="m_7204654034708313971Print-ReverseHeader" style="background:#dfdfdf"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“</span><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">S.D.Lachlan<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_7204654034708313971Print-FromToSubjectDate" style="background:white"><b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">From:</span></b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">         <a href="mailto:TRICARB@aol.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">TRICARB@aol.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_7204654034708313971Print-FromToSubjectDate" style="background:white"><b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">Sent:</span></b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">          06 November 1999 06:57<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_7204654034708313971Print-FromToSubjectDate" style="background:white"><b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">To:</span></b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">             simonlachlan@....<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_7204654034708313971Print-FromToSubjectDate" style="background:white"><b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">Cc:</span></b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">             <a href="mailto:Editorgary@aol.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Editorgary@aol.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_7204654034708313971Print-FromToSubjectDate" style="background:white"><b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">Subject:</span></b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">     Shock number<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_7204654034708313971MsoBodyText">Thanks for finding the frame number and passing it on.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_7204654034708313971MsoBodyText">Since there were no retrieved records from Jensen these numbers were never recorded in the Austin data base.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_7204654034708313971MsoBodyText">These number have no relation with the numbers you may find on hinge flanges, splash panels, etc.  Those numbers were stamped on by Jensen or another subcontractor.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_7204654034708313971MsoBodyText"><b>The frame numbers were stamped on by Boulton-Paul Ltd., who built the box frames and delivered them to Jensen.<u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="m_7204654034708313971MsoBodyText">I am gradually accumulating sufficient frame numbers to try to see the patterns.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_7204654034708313971MsoBodyText2">Thanks again, Bill”<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_7204654034708313971MsoBodyText2">Simon<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div>