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Post by ilookmarvlus on Jan 23, 2022 16:08:51 GMT
I recently purchased a 1966 Riley Elf MKII. The car number plate ID doesn't seem to match any numbering convention that I have found. Does any have an explanation?
The id number is AA25259nnnnn. The numbering convention I thought would be RA2Snnnnn...
tom
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Post by rmcgoun on Jan 28, 2022 18:16:25 GMT
I have looked through the club's records and can only find cars with the RA prefix chassis numbers, so I assume the number you can see relates to something else e.g. a body part etc. The factory ID plate should be quite easy to see, if it is still on the car. I think it is on an inner wing and also shown on the front panel. Regards, Rob
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Post by ilookmarvlus on Feb 10, 2022 18:47:20 GMT
Rob,
The car has been touched, a lot. The Fisholow body plate isn't original and the chassis ID is from a later Austin starting with "AA..." At best I may be able to discover the correct VIN through the British Heritage Museum. The say they have the factory build logs and may be able cross the Fisholow number to a Riley Elf VIN/Chassis number.
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Post by Roger Holman on Jun 24, 2022 19:10:56 GMT
Speaking purely personnally, I would be very suspicious of a vehicle which A. Did not carry its original VIN plate.
B. Did not carry the body manufacturers plate
C. Carried a VIN which did not conform to normal sequencing.
Ther was a practice, back in the day, of 'Cutting and Shutting', whereby parts of two, or three, or four vehicles were welded together, often not very well, sprayed up and sold off to unsus pecting purchasers.
One must also be aware that several operators advertise on E-Bay that they will reproduce any VIN plate, or other form of identification, to order. Only needs four rivets and away you go.
I realy hope you have not bought one such.
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