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[lulu85ritz]

Been doing some more today!

[Neildanks]

Your getting there now mate well done

[oltonlad]

It says on my v5 it was built on the 1st of jan thats all i know i dont know what number it is.

the date on the V5 is the date that the car was registered......not the day that it was built.......i very much doubt that the car was registered on the day that it was built as it would have had to be built, quality checked at the factory, transfered to the supplying dealership, pdi checked, valeted and then collected by the customer, there would't have been enough hours in the day for all of that to happen.
even if the customer had ordered that specific car they would not have taken delivery of it on the same day that it was built on.

[oltonlad]

are you sure that it says 1st jan 1985 on your log book?.................the "C" registration prefix wasn't issued until 1st august 1985, my old mini ritz was registered on 5th august 1985.

if your car was manufactured in january 1985 then it couldn't have been registered until at least 1st august 1985 to make it a "C" reg which would mean that it would have been sat around for 7 months before being registered.

[lulu85ritz]

Okay okay okay calm down it was registered on the 12th of august but it says it was produced on the 1st of jan which ties in because they started them in jan!

[lulu85ritz]

Done for a minute it's being done properly in a couple of weeks at the garage!

[oltonlad]

Okay okay okay calm down it was registered on the 12th of august but it says it was produced on the 1st of jan which ties in because they started them in jan!

the log book says that it was produced on the 1st of jan?........log books don't carry that information, the dvla only register the cars, they dont know or provide information of when they were built, only heritage carry that information from old BL records up until the mid 70's.

i think that you are quoting the information from wikipedia (which is wrong anyway)

[oltonlad]

Done for a minute it's being done properly in a couple of weeks at the garage!

looking good, silver is a ******* to match up, give it a few coats of laquer, thats what i had to do with my old ritz.

[alex-95]

Look's like you've done a good job, i would give it a couple more coats of silver then some laquer.

[lulu85ritz]

Look's like you've done a good job, i would give it a couple more coats of silver then some laquer.

Cheers i tried! I'm gonna leave it like that because it's getting done at the spray shop in a week of so! Then it will look great! Thank you again for sorting it for me!

[lulu85ritz]

Okay okay okay calm down it was registered on the 12th of august but it says it was produced on the 1st of jan which ties in because they started them in jan!

the log book says that it was produced on the 1st of jan?........log books don't carry that information, the dvla only register the cars, they dont know or provide information of when they were built, only heritage carry that information from old BL records up until the mid 70's.

i think that you are quoting the information from wikipedia (which is wrong anyway)

There is 2 dates on the v5! I'm not bothered anyway it was registered on my wifes birthday!

[oltonlad]

it says on the log book (as it does on everybody's) what the year of manufacture was, it says that our mini special was manufactured in 1979 so does that mean that our mini was one of the first specials to be built then?......................makes the same difference....................

Edited by oltonlad, 13 May 2012 - 06:35 PM.

[Neildanks]

Done for a minute it's being done properly in a couple of weeks at the garage!

looking good, silver is a ******* to match up, give it a few coats of laquer, thats what i had to do with my old ritz.

I did warn you about the silver you said it was ok

[lulu85ritz]

I only did it to protect it from the weather! It's being sprayed properly next monday!

[oltonlad]

if the paint shop spray it properly then they will have to blend the paint into the door as well.