[Spridgets] A Puzzle

Mike/Donna Carpenter mail4carpenters at peoplepc.com
Mon Aug 27 05:48:08 MDT 2007


I have a '61 MG Midget out of Oxnard, California that had the same tag held on by one of the VIN plate screws.  It is an extremely original Midget.

Mike C
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>From: Patrick Elliott <pelliott at innercite.com>
>Sent: Aug 26, 2007 11:46 PM
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>I've got one too. It's an original California car.
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>Patrick Elliott
>www.SyilAmerica.com
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>My Morris Minor had a similar tag on it. In this case it was labeled BMC
>1961. I'm fairly certain that the title for the car claims it is a '61,
>whilst the VIN states it is if 1959 vintage. Dunno if this is something that
>
>is California-specific, but the car was originally titled there.
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>----- Original Message -----
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>> Bill McLeod wrote:  "It has certainly been a while, but that sure sounds
>> like the tag the state of California used to fasten beside the VIN number
>> to authorize a year of first sale."
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