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VINs (was: Re: Sunbeam Alpines)

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Subject: VINs (was: Re: Sunbeam Alpines)
From: T.J. Higgins <mit-eddie!uunet.UU.NET!alpine!tj@EDDIE.MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 90 11:12:00 CDT
>       No british car I ever heard of has the same numbers for engine
> and body or VIN.  that requires more coordination between engine production
> and car production than occurred.  Perhaps that's what american manufacturers
> do, but certainly not MG, triumph or austin-healey.

I, too, thought this was unusual.  It took me a while to find my 
source.  From the 1989 Victoria British Sunbeam catalog, page 6:

        "On Rootes Group Cars, the chassis number and the engine
         number are THE SAME.  If the engine number (which is 
         located on the right side of the engine block) is different
         from the chassis number, then your Sunbeam has been fitted
         with a different engine than original."

This statement does not appear in the 1990 catalog.
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