The little info seciton in the M*ss Catalog says that the entire
Sprite/Midget line was produce in Abingdon except for 489 Sprites and 476
Midgets which came from Cowley in 1967. these are marked with an "M" suffix.
Just 0.02
Brent
----- Original Message -----
From: Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>
To: Jim Algar <JamesA@hi-torque.com>; Steve Byers <byers@cconnect.net>;
Spridget List <spridgets@autox.team.net>; MidgetSpriteClub
<midgetspriteclub@listbot.com>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 1999 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: Chassis I.D. number
> Yep, mine's the same way. I remember doing some resaerch on this when I
> first got the car and was wondering the same thing. Came up with the same
> answer. I don't know when they started using the 'G', but I think most if
> not all Sprite were made at Abingdon.
>
> Mine is 772xx. Yours must be a very early '69 since AN9's end at 85286.
>
> Gerard
>
> At 9:06 PM -0400 10/15/99, Steve Byers wrote:
> >The G means the car was assembled at the Abingdon plant, and the fact
that I
> >know that means I am a truly obsessive personality
> >.
> >Steve Byers
> >Havelock, NC USA
> >'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
> >"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
> >than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Jim Algar <JamesA@hi-torque.com>
> >To: Spridget List <spridgets@autox.team.net>; MidgetSpriteClub
> ><midgetspriteclub@listbot.com>
> >Sent: Friday, October 15, 1999 7:47 PM
> >Subject: Chassis I.D. number
> >
> >
> >> Here's one for the truly obsessive among us:
> >>
> >> My '69 Sprite Mk.IV carries the following Chassis I.D. #:
> >> H-AN9U-79140 G
> >>
> >> wherein:
> >> H - Austin Healey
> >> A - Engine (A series)
> >> N - 2-seater
> >> 9 - Series (Mk.IV)
> >> U - USA (left hand drive)
> >>
> >> 79140 - Serial Number (build date sometime after Dec. 1968)
> >>
> >> G - ??????????
> >>
> >> And that's the question; none of my references mentions a
> >> trailing letter suffix or what it might mean.
> >>
> >> Anybody?
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Jim Algar
> >>
> >>
>
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> If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos... then you
> probably haven't completely understood the seriousness of the situation.
>
> G G Gerard Chateauvieux
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