car no;s help please

Post by SR » Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:29 pm

anyone able to shed light? SMM/22808 and SMM/17031, be nice if they were really early

,thanks steve

Post by **Chris Morley** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:57 pm

They are really early! At a guess early and early/mid 1949. The first one might have even been completed in late 48 - what does the V5 say?

Post by SR » Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:00 pm

no paperwork mate ,gotta send off for em,and i think some numpty has had the origanol plates,£19 a logbook i think

Post by **Cam** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:12 pm

Steve,

They are early cars. Well worth keeping.

Roughly working the dates out, the earliest (17031) was manufactured around 9th May 1949 with the later one (22808) coming off the line around 5/6 August 1949.

The exact days might well be off slightly, but the months should be correct. They are both definately '49s

Does the early one have round tail lights and the other one rectangular ones?

Post by **Chris Morley** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:16 pm

£19 a logbook i think

Yep! Might as well pay them £48 and ask the DVLA for both the vehicles histories as well!

Post by SR » Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:19 pm

the earlier car has the later s11 lamps, the later one,yes rectangular lamps and a gold seal engine with a "bmc replacment unit" sticker, steve

Post by **Cam** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:31 pm

That's a pity at the earlier car would have had the flat round lenses which are REALLY rare and VERY sought after!

Like these:

The bottom one, not the top.

Post by **rayofleamington** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:35 pm

no paperwork mate ,gotta send off for em,and i think some numpty has had the origanol plates,£19 a logbook i think

Do you know if they were on the road since the early 70's?
I managed to avoid the £19 fee (and all other fees

) because mine never had a V5 in the first place

Post by SR » Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:44 pm

nice one ray,i think a phone call is in order

Post by **rayofleamington** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 6:04 pm

nice one ray,i think a phone call is in order

make sure you are in a patient mood! It took me >20 minutes to hit a random selection of numbers that finally got me to speak with a human

Post by **svantemann** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:05 pm

Hallo SR
This is my first post so I hope this will work.

Nice pair of cars you have found.

I can tell you that the oldest of my Lowlights has SMM/9222 and were made 8-11 July 1949. Another of my Lowlights has SMM/41899 and were made 21-22 March 1950
Hope this can be a little help to you.

Regards
Svantemann

Post by **Onne** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:10 pm

that is nice! Mine is SMM/57192. I'm going for a search tomorrow

Post by SR » Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:13 pm

welcome to the board my friend ,where r u from, any pics of the cars,steve

Post by **svantemann** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:25 pm

Thanks SR

I live in Denmark and have some Serie MM and a few Serie II.
We have 7 of the splitscreen models.
I have no idea how to get pics. on here.

Regards
Svantemann

Post by **Onne** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:18 pm

Can you send them via email? To me?

If you use the button below, send me an email, and I'll mail you back with my details

Post by **Multiphonikks** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 5:34 am

Gah - I'm so jealous of all these early minors!

D'y know Steve, if you ever get rid of one of those lowlights I'll have it

D: D: D: D: D

I'd have the Traveller if I had somewhere to put it... *sigh*

Post by SR » Sat Oct 22, 2005 5:48 am

hiya nikki,nice aint they,couldnt believe my luck,not to far from u either,bridgwater,somerset