Jay,
From what I have read, I do have the larger plate that reads across, Body No.
then in the top right hand corner it is Colour Code (which is not stamped)
could have been printed on but when it was chemically stripped that went with
it.
Underneath the car and inside the doors, and in the truck, all areas seem to be
the same cream color.
Thanks for all the help I have received but I guess it remains to be seen what
color my car really was or will become.
Rob
Jay Laifman wrote:
> Rob's VIN issues seem as though they can be more clearly solved if we knew
> what the tags looked like on the models.
>
> I do not have my normal resources - I lent them to my brother in law now
> that he has a Series II to maintain.
>
> I do have my SIII tag here at work. It is the same as my SV tag, which is
> similar to the Tiger tag shown on the inside cover page of the SS catelog.
>
> My SIII tag is 1 1/8" by 3 1/2" and says
> "WHEN ORDERING PARTS PLEASE QUOTE:
> CHASSIS NO
> & ENGINE NO
> COLOUR
> CODE
>
> The numbers on my SIII tag are somewhat haphazardly hammered into the tag
> from the top, with the GT, LRX and SB all sort of glommed together at the
> end. The color code is close to the "COLOUR CODE" label. On my SV tag,
> the numbers seemed to be pressed in from the bottom, on thinner metal, and
> were far easier to read.
>
> In the SS catelog, the show a "SI-II Spec Plate" which is a much larger
> plate (maybe 3" by 4.5"?), with all sorts of details about the engine,
> gearbox, rear axle, etc. It shows across the top part, two boxes, the long
> one one the left is labelled "Chassis No. & Engine No." The small one,
> just to the right of the Chassis one is labelled "Colour Code".
>
> (BTW, the SS catelog also shows the French plate mentioned before. You may
> want to call Rick to ask him what it means.)
>
> So, that suggests that Rob should have this SI-II larger plate. If he does
> not have the larger one, then is it safe assume that this a replacement tag
> and there is no telling what the other number was meant to be? It almost
> sounds like someone started stamping the chassis number, realized they made
> a mistake and started all over again.
>
> Rob, is there no where on the car - like under the door panels, or under
> the convertable door covers, or in the trunk under the side panels, or the
> color of the trunk springs, or behind that has the original color still on
> it?
>
> Jay
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