Hi everyone. I will say thanks in advance to everyone who reads this and might be able to help me.
I recently bought a mini van - bare rolling shell that was someone's failed project. There was no plates or visible identifying numbers on the car and the front had been removed. Before i purchased it i checked with me transport sa as i plan to heavily modify and then road register the car if this situation is a problem. They replied, as i bought it legitimately from a business who bought it legitimately from someone and i have history of the car they would issue me with new id. I was rapt so i bought the car.
I then went to my engineer to get the ball rolling but then transport sa knocked my car back because of no numbers. They think its stolen i have looked all over the internet looking for ways to id a mini. I found lots of location to look for stamped numbers - slam panel, passenger floor panel , fan shroud cut off of my car, on the rh stiffener wing, under masters, behind masters no luck in any location.
But then i was talking to someone who has a early genuine cooper S race car and he showed me a location of a number right next to the centre speedo hole in the bulkhead. i have looked at over 50 minis and no other had this stamping. It is about 10mm in height. All other minis have had numbers behind the masters and are only 5mm in height. So i went home, sanded that location near the speedo and my car has the 4 large numbers. I cant find any info on these. Can anyone help
post edited by mod for improved readability