Well, I didn't mean to offend anyone. I know where to go to look it
up, but it's kind of a long number to know. I mean, I know my MGB
is #4859 and my 356 is #116106 - but those are short numbers.
I don't know my bugeye's VIN because it's had a log book as a race
car since before I owned it. The log book number is 33-1455.
Now, as to RWA midgets, I can look it up and give you the
VIN for my 1970 RWA Midget. Of course, its wheel arches were
donated from a 72-74, but it still might be the only 1970 RWA
you ever get!
JZ
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Steve Byers [SMTP:byers@cconnect.net]
>Sent: Thursday, October 22, 1998 1:35 PM
>To: Jeff Zurschmeide; 'CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM';
>'spridgets@Autox.Team.Net'
>Subject: Re: MG Register
>
>For the last year, I have been running my own private registry of RWA
>Midget VIN numbers, mostly collected from the e-mail list and from personal
>observation at car shows. I have been doing the same thing for BJ8 Big
>Healeys for exactly the same amount of time. It's curious, but I currently
>have a record of 731 BJ8 Healeys while the Midget totals stand at , 20
>'72s, 23 '73s, and 13 '74s. That's quite a difference. There really
>don't seem to be that many RWA Midgets still around -- or the owners are
>peculiarly reluctant to publish their VIN numbers.
>
>My feelings on VIN numbers are that the number is what makes a car an
>individual. It can have all kinds of paint jobs and tons of owners during
>its life, but it generally only has one number, and that is the only hope
>anybody has of tracing its history. I don't own just any old '73 Midget,
>I'm proud to say I own GAN5UD126009G. I would think this is a number that
>any Midget owner would know without having to look it up, but then I'm
>known to be odd.
>
>
>Steve Byers
>Havelock, NC USA
>'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
>"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
>than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
>
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