wizardz wrote:
>
> Sorry Joe...
> (for once the expert needs some info updating)
> According to three different sources I've run across, the E
> stands for Emissions equiped. (pre-California stds).
> IE: airpump, gulp valve, EGR all installed.
And?
The point I was trying (apparently not very well) to make is there are
no H or E suffixes on the commission number! The engine suffixes are a
whole 'nother story!
Joe
>
> Paul Tegler
> 1973 BGT - Daily Driver
> Rat - 1980 Spitfire w/ O/D - in re-hab
> Punkin' - 1978 Spitfire - in Superb Shape!
> email: wizardz@toad.net http://www.teglerizer.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
> To: philip <cplimey@home.com>
> Cc: SPIT mail list <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Date: Monday, September 13, 1999 2:26 AM
> Subject: Re: Stupid Question(s) .... ?????
>
> philip wrote:
> >
> > Well ... someone has to ask them .. right?
> >
> > OK, so I am not a rocket scientist, but ...
> >
> > WHAT do the suffix letters mean on the Spitfire VIN numbers?
> > e.g. FM00000U or UE or whatever it happens to be?
> > Also, what is the difference from a J type OD and a D type?
>
> The suffix letters equate to the following:
>
> U= Standard suffix for North American Market (Federal) cars
> O= Overdrive installed
> C= California Emissions
> There is no UE but there are HE suffixes on the engine number meaning
> High Compression
> Earlier models as well as cars destined for markets outside of the US
> have "L" meaning Left hand steering.
>
> Regards,
> Joe Curry
>
> P.S. the next chapter is deciphering the International Vehicle
> Identification Number codes as they apply to the Spitfires! :)
>
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