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I’ve been asked to assist with authenticating a potential Mk2S here in South Africa. The number on the rather new looking chassis tag is KA2S6-1101***. Could anyone tell me what the build date associated with this chassis number is (roughly)? Is it possible to tell whether it was part of any CKD batch shipped out of the UK?

Thanks in advance

I have K-A2S6-1068471 as the first Morris Mk2 cooper S, and K-A2S6-1375346 as the last, so it fits in that bracket.

This must be a case where Heritage can tell you as accurately as is possible

Thanks all. I can advise the buyer to apply for whatever detail Heritage has on this number. I know they don't have as much detail on CKDs as UK cars. However, if I could get a rough idea of whether the engine and chassis number roughly match in terms of production date that would be most useful The wiper motor says 1 68 and the dizzy 4 68. Confirming that the engine and shell possibly belong to each other is what's important here.

I have 2 minis sent to SA as CKDs, confirmed by Heritage and they both bear an "A" suffix on the VIN

...mine was 1187143...that was built oct 68.. foxy52

My 998 Mk2 is 116**** and built end May 68

Do you have the commission number plate present ?

Thanks for the replies.



No it doesn't. I speak under correction but I don't think CKD cars to SA had commission plates (or rather, none of the handful of examples I've seen here have them).

I decided to make use of BMIHT's "Ask us a question for 6GBP" service. They confirmed that the chassis number belongs to an Austin van

I asked whether it was at all possible for the same number to be assigned to two different prefixes and they said no. Interesting learning experience.

I'm out of ideas because the car's paperwork on this side looks legit. The chassis tag is a new repro but it matches the papers. Someone somewhere made a mistake or worse (most likely on this end).

K-A2S6 is definitely a Mk2 Morris Cooper or S so how they can say it’s an Austin van is beyond me

Do u have the engine no tag present ???....