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Re: Bugeye VIN Decoding

To: <mark@nashvilletn.org>, <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Bugeye VIN Decoding
From: "Chris King" <cbking@alum.rpi.edu>
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 15:48:37 -0700
Mark,
 
According to my copy of "Original Sprite and Midget", 1958 production
ended between numbers 8283 and 9191. 16894 would have been built around
April 1959.
 
There would be an L if the car was originally Left-hand drive, which I'd
assume your car was originally.
 
Hope this helps.
 
-=Chris

<-----Original Message----->

                 From: Mark
Sent: 4/8/2006 4:39:23 PM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Bugeye VIN Decoding 

Another Bugeye question. 

I received my Bugeye title today and have a question: The title lists
the 
car as AN516894. I believe that it should be AN5L6894, am I correct in 
thinking that a 58 Bugeye would only have 4 digits following the "L"? My
books show the first Bugeye as 501 which would make mine the 6393rd car 
made, but did they make that many in 1958? I have looked in the several 
books on my shelf but didn't find the production info. Did later Bugeyes
roll over to 5 digits following the "L" once past the 10,000 production 
number I also want to order BMIHT certificate and need to make sure it
is 
correct, the car has a 1275 so engine number won't help. I thought I
would 
try to get my local DMV to make the correction on my title, fat chance
don't 
you think.... 

Thanks, 

Mark 
Nashville 




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