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Old 06-18-2010   #4
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Default Re: Survey of UK license plates searching for Narrow Bodies

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Originally Posted by 1989ZR1#74 View Post
Paid the 24.99BP for 5 reports and came up with some more neat data.

D123 FPW Red, Imported: 08/11/1986, Exported: 07/16/1987 Engine#: LT5006
D131 FPW Yellow, Imported: 10/03/1986, Exported: N/A, Engine#: LT50013
D137 FPW White, Imported: 11/01/1986, Exported: 12/1/1987, Engine#: LT5020
D138 FPW Grey, Imported: 11/01/1986, Exported: 01/01/1987, Engine# LT5021
D142 FPW Gold, Imported 10/16/1986, Exported: N/A, Engine#: LT5018

The narrow bodies were built by Hawtal-Whiting and Lotus. (See HOTB pages 83 to 87) Per HOTB the first 5 "Component Cars" where shipped to Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada for Testing. I would bet that D139FPW was one of them.

HOTB also states they built 20 to 25 of these "Component Cars" Seeing the Engine numbers on the Autocheck reports would lead one to think this may be true. Now I need those plates numbers to track them down..
Hi Eric, This is unbelievable information! You are quite the detective.
Above you mention you would bet D139FPW was among the first 5.
Is this a typo? Did you mean 138? Or is there more to the story?
Thanks, George
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