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
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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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