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dgear1984
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Posted: Wednesday October 10th, 2007 07:18 pm |
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my floors are the same as ka2s4 just rustier. I take it this is quiet normal then? F tag? what do you mean by F tag.
Mine isn't an s please bear in mind
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Mk 3 S Meister
MCR Member
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Posted: Wednesday October 10th, 2007 07:22 pm |
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| There is usually a tag which starts 'F' and is followed by a series of numbers.
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ka2s4
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Posted: Thursday October 11th, 2007 05:09 am |
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Here is my F tag sorry about the dark image
And the tag is very rustyAttachment: IMG_5726.JPG (Downloaded 48 times)
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dgear1984
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Posted: Thursday October 11th, 2007 10:14 pm |
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| so what would the F tag numbers mean? does anyone know what mine should be. chassic number etc is listed on the first page?
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Mk 3 S Meister
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Posted: Friday October 12th, 2007 07:05 am |
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| The F tag is presumably the number of the floor assembly. I'm not aware that anyone has ever compiled a list and they are not recorded in the Production Records.
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1963S
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Posted: Monday October 15th, 2007 11:25 am |
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I am always amazed that no one seems able to detail what the FE numbers were for. Surely there's an old Mini assembler/office worker who used to bung them on bodies or actually ordered or manufactured them who knows why they did it..
They're not simple hand stamped plates and someone went to significant trouble to manufacture/purchase them and then fix them to cars.
My S has two such plates; one on the radiator panel and one on the front floor roughly where the driver's heel rests.
Here in Oz the authorities use this number as my cars official chassis number as the "real" number is deemed illegal as its only temporarilly attached (screwed) to the chassis.
Cheers, Ian
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Gray
MCR Member
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Posted: Monday October 15th, 2007 12:01 pm |
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Are both these 2 plates th e same number or different as the one on my floor pan dissolved at surface processing and I didn't record the number
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1963S
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Posted: Monday October 15th, 2007 12:13 pm |
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The numbers are different. I'd have to go and check if someone wanted to know how far apar the numbers are.
Cheers, Ian
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Mk 3 S Meister
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Posted: Monday October 15th, 2007 03:04 pm |
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I am always amazed that no one seems able to detail what the FE numbers were for.
We know that the FE Number was a count of the front end assemblys and that some are recorded in the Production Records and presumably the F was used for the same reason. However not all 1960s Mini's have an FE Number, it seems to depends on where the shell was built.
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ka2s4
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Posted: Tuesday October 16th, 2007 05:11 am |
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Just to clarify, The FE(front end)number is on the rad shroud, and the F(floor)number is on the floor.
I was told once that the MCR could date a shell within 2 weeks, by it's FE number.
BTW i would like an FE number for my 970S, as it was lost when the clubman front was installed. No good looking here, as none of the NZ assembled 'shells had them.
PM me if you can help.
Thanks,
James
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Alasdair Brass
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Posted: Tuesday October 16th, 2007 07:25 pm |
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ka2s4 wrote: Just to clarify, The FE(front end)number is on the rad shroud, James
Hi James,
Without being pedantic, the FE number is actually on the inner wing panel, sitting down against the radiator shroud.
Al
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Gray
MCR Member
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Posted: Tuesday October 16th, 2007 08:29 pm |
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| here's mine. Attachment: fe.jpg (Downloaded 72 times)
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Mk 3 S Meister
MCR Member
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Posted: Tuesday October 16th, 2007 08:32 pm |
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| That is an early December 1964 example
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Gray
MCR Member
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Posted: Tuesday October 16th, 2007 08:34 pm |
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| You win a prize!!!!
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Alasdair Brass
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Posted: Tuesday October 16th, 2007 09:05 pm |
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Hi Gray,
Nice paint job, did you do it yourself? 
Al
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Andrew1967
MCR Member
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Posted: Tuesday October 16th, 2007 09:39 pm |
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Alasdair Brass wrote: Hi Gray,
Nice paint job, did you do it yourself?
Al
Gray, and you were concerned about the paint on your gearbox casing  ....
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Gray
MCR Member
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Posted: Tuesday October 16th, 2007 10:49 pm |
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| Ok ,Ok I know the black over the tartan is not the best look but we all have had bad taste at some time!!!!!
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ka2s4
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Posted: Wednesday October 17th, 2007 03:50 am |
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Hi Al,
Not to be a pedant or anything, but on Gray's car, the FE number looks to be spot welded to the rad shroud upstand
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dgear1984
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Posted: Monday October 22nd, 2007 09:27 pm |
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what colour should be bowl bit at the back of the lights be?
Mines a red mini but has been painted with a pale blue on the underside and the bowls are light blue?
Should they be black, grey or car colour so for me tartan red?
Attachment: 21-10-07_1741.jpg (Downloaded 76 times)
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Mk 3 S Meister
MCR Member
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Posted: Monday October 22nd, 2007 09:28 pm |
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| They should be black.
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