With respect to the below:
The commision number (FC at the begining) is just that. The other is the
body number (a small aluminium plate about 7 cm long, one high and 2
thick). These don't have to match up.
Bill and Sal Birney
'70 GT6+ (RHD)
'67 Spitfire MkII (restoration)
'69 Spitfire MkIII (Sal's, in queue)
birneybs@onaustralia.com.au
> robert ylitalo wrote:
>
> On my car i found two plates one is with the commision number FC 59456
> and the colorcode etc but bellow this i have a smaller one with the
number
> 52456 FC what does this number mean??
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Robert - it either means the second digit of the second number (the
number
> "2") is really a "9", or that the second digit of the first number (the
> number "9") is really a "2". Probably the tool die that stamped the
number
> in the comm. plate didn't strike it very hard and thus it appears to be a
> different number.
>
> Ross D. Vincenti
> 64 Spitfire 4
> 64 Porsche 356C Coupe
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