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Serial number under carpet

NIB

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Just discovered the serial number stamped under the passenger side carpet, is that normal?

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:iagree:
Nothing is normal on these crazy things ! ---Keoke-- :laugh:
 
you've got metal there?!? It's not a Fred Flintstone car???

Doug

PS: I'll try to remember to have a look at our BJ7 tomorrow - which has metal.
 
Here in France there's a requirement to have the chassis number 'cold-stamped' onto the chassis or floor on the passenger side. I have brought over an MG from England for the Missus, and last week I put it through it's 'Controle Technique'. The guy doing the check was adamant that there should be a chassis number stamped somewhere on the passenger side of the car...he nearly failed it when he couldn't find it, so maybe your car had spent some time here?
 
Hi, Niels -
The number in the floor is not a usual thing, but I know of at least one other BJ8 that has its chassis number (i.e., the numerical part of the VIN following HBJ8L/) stamped into the passenger's floor. I do not know how to post a photo here, but I do have a picture of it. The other car is still with its original owner, in Canada.
 
tried looking today, but the sound insulation is glued/adhering pretty solidly to the metal and what little of the floor I saw didnt' have a number.
Doug
 
I once had a 100/6 with the number ( not the whole VIN ) stamped on the bracket that held the bonnet (hood) stay. I would not be surprised if numbers were stamped in a load of places on an original, especially the early cars.

Bob
 
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