Lyle,
There is a lot to consider with this. Folks can buy entire new bodies
for restoration and drop their old hardware in and its considered
acceptable so original numbers/metal is not always important. You
will likely find that some if not most prefer the matching numbers but
not all. The biggest fear with no numbers is if the car’s history
were to reappear some day, with some form of legal proof of ownership
you’d loose your car. The fact that the gov. has put their ID on it
should be good enough however, and also proof that a previous owner
had to prove he actually owned the car with a complete paper trail.
There are a few infamous law suits on very valuable cars where several
people own bits of cars and have built whole cars out of the pieces
they possessed. In the end, by law, whoever has the most complete
paper trail, not the most parts, will end up with the car. Not
suggesting you should not buy it but if it were me I would sit down
with your local motor vehicle authority and get some solid facts on
how secure their 17 digit number is. If they can promise that their
ID trumps whatever else might come up, although nearly impossible
someone could find and ID the car now, then its safe to buy the car.
As far as reduction in value, it will only reduce the value so far as
it will make the next buyer skeptical just as you are and he/she will
move on to another car with good numbers and title as I’m sure you
would if there were an equal car with all its numbers intact. Number
1, make sure someone can’t take the car from you, second assume you’ll
have some trouble selling it. If you don’t plan to sell it for many
years then only worry about number 1 and have fun with it. Oh… I
assume you don’t plan to show the car in a concourse, no data plate
would be a problem in that case.
pauls
I am looking at a 1967 Etype series 1.5 that has been
Restored but is missing most of its data plates.
What is the impact on value if numbers cannot be confirmed
through Jaguar Heritage?
It is missing the builders plate, body number plate
behind license plate, body Number stamped on front picture
frame by right Front shock and the plate on the door
frame. There is a stamped engine number and most likely a
gear box number. Could not see the engine number above the
oil filter. The seller is trying to find the original
chassis/VIN that was registered prior to the to government
assigning a 17 digit VIN that doesn’t obviously include
the original chassis number.
The car is in very good shape with non standard
restorations such as triple Weber carbs, covered
headlights, wider tires and rims, upgraded cooling system,
missing spare tire and and jack
It is setup as a nice driver but not a show car
Insights would be appreciated
Lyle
<<<<<<<<<<From: “Ferniejag” lyle.skaien@shaw.ca
Subject: [E-Type] Missing data plates
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