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Convertable chassis number help
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 10:24 pm
by Maximas
I have a convertable..the chassis number reads
Fcbm/172094
I no the f is for morris
I no the c is convertable
B is the colour
What's the letter m for?
Any help please..
Re: Convertable chassis number help
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 10:36 pm
by POMMReg
You sure it isn't "11" ?
Re: Convertable chassis number help
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:26 am
by brucek
Almost certainly it will be 11 as POMMreg suggests -probably a piece of corrosion making it look like an M
Re: Convertable chassis number help
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:45 pm
by Maximas
Your right...in a way....on my moggy chassis plate it does indeed say 1/1 ....so it's an original 53 tourer...but some thicko has put on my log book an...m... Instead of the 1/1 it should be....it can be mistaken at a quick glacé on the chassis as am m though...so does anyone no what I can do about it...cheers
Re: Convertable chassis number help
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 1:17 pm
by ASL642
This usually happened when the vehicle was MOT'd before the most recent system was introduced. MOT tester wrote down details and then entered them onto computer. I have a car with a missing number in the chassis.
You can fill in the section of your current log book correcting the mistake and hope that DVLA take notice.
Re: Convertable chassis number help
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 1:26 pm
by LouiseM
Yes, just contact the DVLA and let them know. I had a similar problem where the MOT tester entered a different number on the MOT certificate to the one on the V5. DVLA wrote to me to query this and I just informed them that as the chassis plate is so old it is difficult to read and the MOT tester had made a mistake.
By the way, your chassis number of 172094 indicates that it was built in late 1952, not '53.
Re: Convertable chassis number help
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 2:40 pm
by POMMReg
The "/" mistaken for a "7" is a common one.
Fair few boobs done at the factory also - pick up's with van
chassis plates, even a M/AS25 about too!
DVLA have to deal with so many vehicle makes and their
different chassis/vin codes/numbers - certainly wouldn't
label them as "thicko's", we all make mistakes!
Re: Convertable chassis number help
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:49 pm
by Maximas
POMMReg wrote:The "/" mistaken for a "7" is a common one.
Fair few boobs done at the factory also - pick up's with van
chassis plates, even a M/AS25 about too!
DVLA have to deal with so many vehicle makes and their
different chassis/vin codes/numbers - certainly wouldn't
label them as "thicko's", we all make mistakes!
Keep your wig on dood..just a bt of light hearted fun..them dvla guys are quick
cheap
and value for money
Thanks for all the imput
Re: Convertable chassis number help
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:49 pm
by POMMReg
Ok mate.
Will have to put my Dennis Wheatley books away now!
Rub the Pentagram off the laminate too.
Both the "Maximus Voodoo doll" & "Maximus Guy" have
since been destroyed.