The Ulster Transport Museum Cars

[chris brennan]

Great info there--I'll see if I can get the reg next week (:0)~~


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[DMCNI]

The early VIN dash plates were a polished stainless steel finish, which can be rather distracting when driving into the sun,
due to the angle of the dash and the position of the VIN plate in relation to the driver's view out of the windshield.

I have first hand experience driving VIN...520 several thousand miles since the paint was removed from the dash plate.
Yes, it can be a bit distracting, but I enjoy the distraction, since this type of tag is so rare, it makes early cars unique.

When the paint was added to the early VIN dash plates, a decision was made to replace later plates with aluminum tags
that were painted. In the right light, most of the early tags can be checked for lettering, even if the paint is left on.

Thanks for the info Rich

I think I could live with the distraction too! The made in Belfast plates are great looking!

[chris brennan]

Well it turns out vin 514 is in fact ria7123 and ria7122 was the other car which was an automatic.. Great now I can sleep at night lol

[Dangermouse]

Well it turns out vin 514 is in fact ria7123 and ria7122 was the other car which was an automatic.. Great now I can sleep at night lol

I can't!!!

So are you saying that the UFTM car, Vin 514, is RIA7123 and was the manual transmission 50k car in all the pictures? Makes sense, but where did you get this revelation?

And what about the above notes on D24 being RIA7123? Is/was D24 revinned as 514?

And are you saying that 535, the auto 50k car that caught fire was RIA7122?

[chris brennan]

Yeah that's the car, I mean it looks identical to those old pix anyway! I read it in celebratin the impossible book this mornin, the automatic car ended on its roof, banter via brendan Montgomery who drove the manual 514

[Dangermouse]

aha, you've gotten a head start on me. I won't get my copy for a few weeks.

[chris brennan]

You'll love the vin chronology at the end!!