John,
Thanks for the response. I thought it might be something like that, but
wanted to check for sure. It's a good bet that we won't see that on any
plates before 1965, then! 8^)
jonmac wrote:
>
> > In researching a rather peculiar commission plate on a Mk3
> Spitfire, I
> > noticed the referenced alpha numeric sequence at the bottom. In my
> > search for an explanation of this sequence, I have seen this on
> several
> > commission plates for both Spitfires and GT6's.
> > In addition ot what I referenced above, some plates have it with
> > punctuation marks as follows:
> > B.S. A.U.48:1965
> > My questions here are:
> > 1. Does anybody know the significance of this series?
> > 2. Is this series repeated on other Triumphs as well?
>
> Hi, Joe
>
> I checked today with Rover Research and Development at GDEC.
>
> This is quite an old number which has been superceded and the problem
> is you can't go backwards from the current number (which is
> completely different anyway). B.S. means British Standard A.U. means
> Authority. Then 48.1965 relates to an official UK certification
> relating to the conformity of seat belt anchorages. At least, that's
> what R&D believe it to be.
>
> For the record, British Standards are all encompassing and cover a
> whole multitude of minimum operating requirements. The number was not
> selective in terms of the cars to which it was fixed. It was a UK
> legal requirment for the number to be stamped on all commission
> plates - regardless of the eventual destination of the vehicle.
>
> Regards
> John Mac
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