On Mon, 24 Feb 1997, Mark Gehlhausen wrote:
> To summarize: my number "FDU48633L", manufacture date 1 June 69.
> Is it correct that "FD" is a Mk3 Spit series, "U" denotes US destination,
> and "L" means left hand drive? Do I have the 48633rd MK3 Spit made
> worldwide or just US wide? Are the UK (non "U" numbers) interspersed
> within the sequence? Assigned by blocks or at random? Is US the only
> country with an extra letter in the ID? I appreciate any responses to my
> questions. Mark
In order: Yes; Yes; Yes; No (from VTR's Web site -- FD1-15306 [through
1968 model year]; FD20000-51967 [through 1969 model year]; FD75000-92803
[1970 model year]); numbers probabaly ARE interspersed, perhaps at random;
Probably yes, although there might be different numbering for cars
assembled other than in Coventry ("1" before the commission number on some
Spitfires assembled in Belgium).
> All of my books must be published in the UK, they do not mention this
> ID plate conundrum. Mark
Ah, yes. One of my pet peeves, which leads to one of my goals as VTR
President -- to help address the problem of lack of documentation on
U.S.-destined models.
--Andy
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