Yes the one I had was the actuall one, it had the correct numbers on
all the parts including the cockpit molding, key, transmission and
engine. The other 2 were clones of this car in which the restorer
made id tags to match and sold them overseas.
David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca 95205
209-948-8767
www.britishcarspecialists.com
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On Feb 28, 2011, at 8:28 AM, Bob Spidell wrote:
> The story I heard--I think Bill Meade told me this--was that the
> counterfeiter bought BMIHT certs for a range of ID numbers, then
> used the ones that came with the 'louvred bonnet' comment to build
> the counterfeits. I believe a fairly high percentage of the later
> BN2s were 100Ms.
>
> The one David had might have been one the legitimate IDs that came
> up in the range of numbers.
>
> bs
>
> --------------------------------
> Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA
>
>
>
> The cars that were restored by the guy in the LA area back in the
> late 80s were caught when they all tried to register their cars with
> the 100M registery. I had one of the three cars here that turned out
> to be the one original car. All the numbers checked out to be the
> correct ones on the Heritage certificate. We check every numeber
> there was to check. Key, Engine, Body, Transmission.
>
> The other 2 cars that had the same VIN number went to Austrailia and
> New Zealand. These two were sold as a 100M but when this all went
> down they turned out to be counterfits of the original car.
>
>
>
>
>
> David Nock
> British Car Specialists
> Stockton Ca 95205
> 209-948-8767
>
> www.britishcarspecialists.com
> .
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