If I'm not mistaken, Adrian owns a late Midget. The VIN plate is riveted
to the top of the dash. To get it off, use about a 1/8" drill bit, or a
little larger, and drill the rivet head off. Replace the plate with pop
rivets.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC USA
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
'66 BJ8 HBJ8L/36666 "TARHEELY"
'63 BJ7 HBJ7L/20111 "HEALEYUM"
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
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> From: type79@ix.netcom.com
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net; adrian@icx.net
> Subject: Re: VIN Plates
> Date: Friday, February 05, 1999 2:24 PM
>
> Yo...Adrian!,
> In my/our experience in purchasing, owning, parting-out dozens of
Sprites, we have never seen riveted ID plates.
>
> Jay Fishbein, CT
> AN-5
> HAN-6
> Innocenti-S
>
> On 02/05/99 12:31:15 you wrote:
> >
> >I thought they were riveted. Did I look at them wrong?
> >
> >adrian
> >
> >hello39@idt.net wrote:
> >
> >> Adrian,
> >> If it's just the VIN serial # you'll need a small phillips head
> >> screwdriver, depending on the rust and wear on the heads.
> >> The others are a slotted head in the door jams.
> >> Alan
> >>
> >> J. Adrian Barnes wrote:
> >>
> >> > When the car comes back from the shop, I'll need to pull the VIN
plates
> >> > off the rusted hulk and put them on the new body. How does that
work?
> >> > What tools do I need? Thanks!
> >> >
> >> > adrian
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > ------------------------------------
> >> > J. Adrian Barnes
> >> > http://user.icx.net/~adrian/midget
> >> > http://www.ravineware.com
> >> >
> >> > "When there was no meat, we ate
> >> > fowl. When there was no fowl we
> >> > ate crawdads. When there were no
> >> > crawdads we ate sand."
> >> > ------------------------------------
> >
> >--
> >------------------------------------
> >J. Adrian Barnes
> >http://user.icx.net/~adrian/midget
> >http://www.ravineware.com
> >
> >"When there was no meat, we ate
> >fowl. When there was no fowl we
> >ate crawdads. When there were no
> >crawdads we ate sand."
> >------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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