My '54 BN1 (BN1L221626) has the vehicle ID plate -- with car and engine # --
in the engine compartment, at the top of the firewall on the passenger side,
next to the body # plate.
Sarah Carr
BN1 in PA
----- Original Message -----
From: "WILLIAM B LAWRENCE" <ynotink@msn.com>
To: <scvc70@epix.net>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] VIN plate
> Sarah,
>
> The full VIN on the BN1s, at least the early ones, was located on a
> plastic plate about the size of a business card that was screwed onto the
> kick panel (on top of the trim) on the interior of the car. Since the
> interior trim of these cars was always susceptible to weather damage and
> thus to being replaced with everything from concours quality replacements
> to lime green shag carpet, the true VIN plate is pretty much sure to be
> missing from any non-original car. Fortunately there was a back-up plate
> on the chassis that shows the numbers only. 14XXXX as opposed to
> BN1-L/14XXXX. This is explained and a drawing of the plate is shown in
> Roger Moment and Gary Anderson's book.
>
> Bill Lawrence
> BN1 # 554
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