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One of my Harringtons has the SAL tag on the bulkhead, no number on the fire wall and the tag behind the seat has the VIN.My Series II has the serial number stamped into the fire wall on the passenger side and a tag behind the driver's seat that is RAS.View attachment 20180
The engine is a Series 2 engine and would be the same as the chassis number assuming it is original to the car. The chassis number may be stamped on the bulkhead. See the link below.
I wonder if anyone can help. I have fielded an enquiry on the SOCNSW website from an Alpine owner trying to get more information about his car. The number is B31275007 XSO. I am wondering if this is the incorrect plate for the car, since, as far as I know B312 numbers were assigned to Humber Sceptres and the "S" refers to "saloon" rather than the "R" for roadster. Any suggestions?
I think that happens quite a lot more than you probably think. My S3 had its VIN removed before the car was sandblasted and it was never put back on. Fortunately, it was found amid the paperwork for the car. But, one only has to walk around a Sunbeam event and look for original rivets to see how often VIN tags are removed during paint and body work.I don't know many reasons why someone would want to pull a Vin tag off of the car unless at some point the car was totally restored and the vin plate was pulled for paint and put back on, and that's even wild to me.
Ok,
To clarify... Firstly not calling the poster a theif. Infact the poster is fielding a question on someone who is touching base with the club in NSW about their vin.