No lube chart but has the rivets does that mean it is a later mk 11A ?
MK1A cars didn't have lube plates. This car was the very first (prototype) Mk1A. It is a square door and hood, round trunk corner transition body. My understanding is that these cars still had the holes for the lube plates, but they were never installed, and the holes were simply filled with rivets.
The C6 stamping is definitely interesting, but the VIN itself is even more interesting. The tag shows B9479975 P.P. LRX
I have never heard nor seen a VIN like this. 947 cars went as high as 3762 or thereabouts. How does a car get a 9975 serial number? Moreover, what does the P.P. Designate? Finally, the FE designation is shown on the Engine number line instead as a suffix to the VIN.
All very interesting and I am all ears on this one because I have no clue.
Thanks
This car and its sister B9479976PPLRXFE were the Rootes prototypes for the GT interior and revised top cover. PP stands for Pre Production. Neither of these cars have a JAL tag. B9479975PPLRXFE does have a tag of the same dimensions as a JAL tag, but it's on the LH door and it's simply stamped PP47.
The FE designator is on the engine line because there is no room for it on the chassis number line. There were two additional cars in the set that were numbered PH39 and PH40. All four cars survive.
These cars were all parts of the CB2810/3 program and Graham Vickery has told me that he believes that it was part of the same program as the MK2 development cars. In fact, it was produced at the same time as the AF200 series of cars.
B9479975PPLRXFE also has the upper tabs for mounting a MK2 eggcrate grille insert. It was the first car w/o the starter handle reinforcing tube.
