[Spridgets] VIN number issue

derf derf247 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 23 20:02:15 MDT 2015


Many Spridgets were kept over by dealers and sold as later year models.
Since there were little or no changes, a 1959 could have been sold new in
1960 as a 1960 or 1961 model.


On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 8:30 PM, Bob Spruck via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

>  On a Bugeye I am interested in, I have discovered an apparent anomaly in
> the year and VIN. The car has no VIN plate but is considered to be a 1961
> Mk1 and has been registered in two states as such. However, the VIN is
> listed on both registrations as AN5L xxxx. Since they made, what, 59,000
> Bugeyes and ended in 1961, a car considered a '61 should have a five digit
> number, somewhere approaching 59,000. If the four digit number is correct,
> it should be, I expect, maybe a '59.
>
> Is there any other place that the VIN appears? Or any other way of
> determining the true VIN number or true year of manufacture?
>
> Perhaps I should just leave well enough alone?
>
> Bob Spruck
> Sharpsburg, GA
>
> '72 Midget
> '67 Midget Vintage Racer
> Maybe a '59 or '61 Bugeye
>
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