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MG Midget Vin Number Decode

gregtreadway

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Can anyone tell me how to decode an MG Midget VIN number. The number is GAN4L53846. Thanks in advance.

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Well it's not really a VIN# in the modern sense that we use on modern cars today.
GAN was MG's model designation for a Midget. Not sure about 4L. 53846 would be the car number from the start of production. Might not be totally accurate because MG did not always start production with car #1.
 

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gregtreadway said:
Can anyone tell me how to decode an MG Midget VIN number. The number is GAN4L53846. Thanks in advance.

Greg

GAN = MG Midget. The G indicates built at Abingdon

4 = Mk III

If I read correctly, #52798 was built in Jan 67 and with #54611 production at Cowley ceased in Mar 67. That is 1813 cars in three months, so, assuming a steady rate of build, your likely dates to the end of February, beginning of March 1967.

L = North American Car.
 

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Oh and Greg, come on over to the Spridget forum, that's where the Midgets are.
 

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Now why on earth, but an MG, would the #4 mean a Mark 3
 

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DNK said:
Now why on earth, but an MG, would the #4 mean a Mark 3

Silly answer: "It's British"

Serious answer: Mk II (square body Sprite) = Mk I (introduction of square body) MG Midget in 1961.
 
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