[Mg-t] Body plate graphic

[Charlie Baldwin]

Bill,
Here is a website to go to for production records on the car:
http://www.tregister.org/recall_page.php?req_page=records_home

The chassis number or VIN number is the car number.  The EXL/NA mean 
export, left hand drive, North America.  I would have thought it should 
have a TD in front of the number.
It does appear that the engine or just the block has been replaced.  The 
engine type is an XPAG, the TD2 means that is has an 8" rather than 7 
1/4" clutch (and probably some other updates)  It would appear that the 
register dropped the last digit off of the engine number on the website. 
You may be able to contact them to correct the record.
The engine in the car is a later one.  You could probably find out what 
car it came from by narrowing it down by typing in car numbers until 
that engine number comes up.

The car was built in Jan of 1952, so surely isn't a '53.
There should also be the chassis number stamped into the front left 
frame extension just under where the fender goes over it.

Others will be able to provide more information.

Charlie


On 11/22/2011 10:22 AM, wbeech at flash.net wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I am new to MG so please pardon some of my ignorance.  A friend just brought
> me his 1953 TD that has been sitting for 10 years, after a re-spray and
> freshening.  As I go to look for the odds and ends to get him back on the
> road I am trying to understand the meanings of all the notations on the
> plate.  Is there a web site that shows the plate and explains the meaning of
> the numbers and which number is most commonly used, in what I would call,
> the VIN number?
>
> Here is what I have:
> Body Type: 22381
> Body No.:12643/82584
> Car No.: 13271 EXL/NA
> Engine No.: XPAG/TD2/LHX 13836 (believe this has a new engine as there is a
> Hexagonal plate on the lower block that reads: Motor No.: 24090
>
> Any assistance or direction would be most helpful.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Bill
> ______________________________________________

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