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Hi, can anybody identify which quarter of which year car the following FE number pertains to please?
FE1305217

Cheers. Mark

Hi Mark
Based on my car early 68 ? How does that sound ?
Mines a mkII, November 67, my FE reads FE1201841
Ollie

Sounds like I am in the right decade LOL. My car was registered Feb 69 so plausible it belongs to my car. Must have sat for a while before being registered. I could not fathom if I removed it from my Mk 1, 2 or countless other Minis when they lose their front end or if it was just in with a box of bits...
Thanks for your input

FE1305217 is a bit later than that, more like September 1968.

Thank you Simon. That would tie in much better with my Feb 69 Cooper. Cheers

Are there any records matching FE numbers to chassis ?
Where are you guys finding the FE info ?

David.

monkeyjim wrote:Are there any records matching FE numbers to chassis ?

No. Several members of this board have collected and collated the numbers over the years though, namely Simon !!

Been interested in this topic regarding fe numbers had a quick look at mine .it reads fe9172 it was originally reg mfl212 .then given an age related plate in 1983 .it had foam filled sills .does this indicate a fairly early shell 1960 1961 thanks for any help.

Interesting, I have foam filled sills and FE102052. So yours must have been near the beginning of the foam fill run, and mine near the end. But 92,880 apart seems unlikely, do you think?

FE9172 is from December 1959
FE102052 is from November 1960

Graham , your now the latest member of the '59 club !

Awesome, THANKS

I didn't think they introduced foam filled sills until 1960, interesting.

I have FE13347 My glass was all 4th Q of 59 car has lots of 59 features but title and data plate say 1960 I do know its ship date was Jan 21 1960

The car was registered in November 1960 so early shell from fe numbers .probably had its chassis no from a later shell ?

The chassis number should be stamped on the O/S innerwing to cross member stiffener. You might need to remove some paint though.

My body number from the plate by the hood latch is 010093

[quote="graham.codling"]The car was registered in November 1960 so early shell from fe numbers .probably had its chassis no from a later shell ?[/quote

It could have sat unsold for some time also. I've sent for the cert we will see what it says.

Thanks that will be a great help

What is the FE number my 79 has it on the Passenger side inner wing above rad vents

Chalkie wrote:What is the FE number my 79 has it on the Passenger side inner wing above rad vents

FE 13347

Body number on the plate by hood latch 010093

Vin tag by radiator ends with 12530

I got an email from one of the 59 mini guys who looked the car up and that is where the shipping date came from. It would have been cool if he got the build date also. One of the guys on another forum I'm on has one about 1200 cars after mine and his build date was 20 jan 60 and ship date of 28 jan 60. So I'm guessing based on his build to ship being 8 days if I take 8 days off my ship date mine should have been built around the 13th of Jan.