Robert L. Abernathy wrote:
> Relax, Howard, there is no color code stamped anywhere. Rootes didn't
> begin adding color codes until after the Series I. The lube plate
> (held on by four screws!) has the chassis number and body number.
> Mine is unfortunately faded completely, only the stamped numbers are
left.
> There's also a body number on an oval plate on the right rear of the
> engine compartment. My car also has the chassis number stamped in the
> body below that, but I don't know if that is original.
>
> I ran into the same problem, no one believed me when I couldn't find
> a color code. My car has been painted at least four different colors
> and I still don't know the name of the original color.
I have just been snooping under the bonnet (sorry, hood!) of a Series I
and, blow me down, the chassis/lubrication plate has both the chassis
number and colour code stamped on it. Evidently a case of Rootes
production inconsistencies. This car's chassis number began B901..... so
it would appear to be a later car than Robert's and Howard's. Perhaps
there was a change midway through production.
"Mark" Alpines and Sunbeam-Talbot saloons use a plate similar to the one
Robert describes. Does anyone out there have a Series I or II Rapier? I
also found a Rapier III convertible with provision for a colour code on
its plate, but none was stamped.
Incidentally, the Series I in question (a right hand drive car) had the
suffix LRRO. What does the extra letter mean? And don't anyone suggest
dual controls!
Russell Maddock
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