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Posted by on October 10, 2009, 6:18 am
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> Hello
> Any VIN number experts here?
> I just bought a 1965 Bonneville i Sweden. There is some trouble with the
> VIN number. The bike was never produced!!!
> The VIN number is: T120R DU248080. The bike have maching numbers.
> According to my records the T120 should range from DU101 to DU90282, and
> the 1965 model from DU13375 to DU24874.
> Its clear thar someone added an extra zero.
> If I remove the last zero the number points to production late 1965.
> i have a "vehicle Certificat og Title" from the state of Michigan dated
> 04/26/84 whith the long number stated....
> My qouistion is: Could the extra 0 be explained by a rebuild after a
> crash between 1965 and 1984? Was that the practice in any stares?
> If not: How is it possible to registrate a bike in USA with a wrong VIN
> number. Don't you have to show the old registration card, in order to get
> a new one?
> I don't beleive the bike left England with the long number.
> Hope that someone can help solving the mistery ....
> Best regards, Carsten
> Denmark
here is a link to the triumph dating page from the owners club. you will
have more success if you ask them... all the best.
http://www.tomcc.org/Dating.aspx
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> Any VIN number experts here?
> I just bought a 1965 Bonneville i Sweden. There is some trouble with the
> VIN number. The bike was never produced!!!
> The VIN number is: T120R DU248080. The bike have maching numbers.
> According to my records the T120 should range from DU101 to DU90282, and
> the 1965 model from DU13375 to DU24874.
> Its clear thar someone added an extra zero.
> If I remove the last zero the number points to production late 1965.
> i have a "vehicle Certificat og Title" from the state of Michigan dated
> 04/26/84 whith the long number stated....
> My qouistion is: Could the extra 0 be explained by a rebuild after a
> crash between 1965 and 1984? Was that the practice in any stares?
> If not: How is it possible to registrate a bike in USA with a wrong VIN
> number. Don't you have to show the old registration card, in order to get
> a new one?
> I don't beleive the bike left England with the long number.
> Hope that someone can help solving the mistery ....
> Best regards, Carsten
> Denmark