Interested and thanks, I have been looking for this piece for some time, my
car came without.
Greg Lemon
54 BN1
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>
To: "Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 5:22 PM
Subject: Early Hundred VIN Plates
> Hello all,
> I have been working with a custom resin molding business to see if we can
> reproduce the original ivory plastic VIN plates that were fitted to all
> Hundreds up to late August 1954.
> Many of these plates have either badly deteriorated or have been
completely
> lost over the years, having originally been mounted on the driver's inner
> front quarter trim panel with 4 little screws.
> Anyway, it appears that this is going to happen. We've run tests molding
the
> lettering straight into the plate, then stamping the vehicle numbers into
this
> thin very hard ivory resin with machinists stamps to enable the individual
> car's numbers to be produced. All looks well so far.
> I'm asking for a run of 50 pieces once everything has been perfected.
> I will be personally critiquing the pieces to make sure they're right on
or
> it's no deal and the manufacturer understands this. Results should be
within
> the next month or so.
>
> Who's interested?
>
> Rich Chrysler
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