23-04-2020, 02:57 PM
Several Type R, Top Hat, saloons have an additional number stamped underneath the body number on the transmission tunnel. In the case of my car it is 8. Perhaps other models show this feature, I am not sure. This feature does not occur on all Rs.
I have never understood what this additional number refers to, but recently a newly found R, with the number 44 stamped on the tunnel, has been found to have 44 stamped on the rear wing- in the area that butts up to the body. I have never seen or found such a stamping on a wing. At present due to lockdown I'm unable to closely examine my own car which is in storage.
This wing stamping may hold the key as to the reason for the extra number on the tunnel.
Can anyone throw any further light on this? Comments / theories welcome.
Thanks.
Chris.
R type Registrar.
I have never understood what this additional number refers to, but recently a newly found R, with the number 44 stamped on the tunnel, has been found to have 44 stamped on the rear wing- in the area that butts up to the body. I have never seen or found such a stamping on a wing. At present due to lockdown I'm unable to closely examine my own car which is in storage.
This wing stamping may hold the key as to the reason for the extra number on the tunnel.
Can anyone throw any further light on this? Comments / theories welcome.
Thanks.
Chris.
R type Registrar.