Side note - last summer at a car show in Midland, MI I found a brand
spanking new set of '59 plates in the original cellophane wrapper from the
Secretary of State's office.
Rick
'59 Sprite
----- Original Message -----
From "Phil Vanner" <philv at pclink.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 10:27 PM
Subject: RE: A little controversy...
> I was about to ask pretty much the same question of the list.
>
> My car was built on 9/18/61 per the BMIHT certificate
> VIN is GAN1L2395 (No explicit model year designation back then)
> It is titled as a '62. Makes sense if it was a US car. September is about
> right for an early example of the following model year to be built. But, I
> have been told it could correctly be called a '61.
>
> I have seen model year lists for (post T-series) Midgets that start at
both
> '61 and '62. If there is such a thing as a '61 Midget, I imagine that I
> could consider my car one, since I think serial numbers started at 1001.
> (Making mine is only 1400 cars or so into the line.)
>
> Why do I care, when none of this matters at 4000 RPM? Because in Minnesota
> you can put "year of manufacture" plates on any car over 25 years old,
> whether registered for normal road use or not. I have one "62-63" plate in
> fair shape, and set of "61" plates in excellent shape. I'd much rather use
a
> "61" (don't need a front plate in this case, even for normal road use)
> However, the state will make me submit evidence to get them to change the
> title. Even though the rule reads "year of manufacture" they really mean
> model year, so the title has to match the plates.
>
> So, given that Midget production started in the summer of '61, can any
> Midget be called a '61? If so, can I consider mine one, and what argument
> might I use to get them to change my title? (besides the BMIHT
certificate)
> If it's way too much of a pain in the a$$ to get them to change it, I'll
> just use the '62-63 plate, but it's worth a shot.
>
> What say the historians?
>
> Phil Vanner
> Mk1 Midget
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