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[NothingLike@Classic]

I RECENTLY BOUGHT MY FIRST MINI, ITS A 1976 MINI CLUBMAN ESTATE AND I WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT THE COMMISSION/VIN NUMBERS ARE FOR AFTER SOME RESEARCH ON

http://www.minimania..._I__Revised_#74

I FOUND MY VIN WAS A LETTER SHORT

VIN, Fifth Position (“N” in the above example):
N = Special Deluxe (Except for North America). Includes the Mini 850 Special Deluxe, the Mini 1000, and the Mini Special 1098cc.
North America:

A = 1970

B = 1971

C = 1972

D = 1973

E = 1974

F = 1975

G = 1976

H = 1977

J = 1978

L = 1979

SO, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, WHY IS MY VIN NUMBER SHORT OF A LETTER? IT SHOULD BE X-C2W2G-###-A INSTEAD STEAMPED ON THE PLATE IS X-C2W2-###-A

AND QUESTION 2 I HAVE A PLATE WHICH BY EYE LOOKS ABOUT 10MM HIGH AND 100MM WIDE SAME COLOUR AS THE REST OF THE CAR & STARTING WITH THE SAME AS THE COMMISSION NUMBER 20W MEANING CLUBMAN ESTATE. WHAT IS THIS PLATE FOR? ITS FOUND ON THE R/H SIDE OF THE SLAM PLATE

AND FINALLY QUESTION 3 HOW CAN I FIND OUT THE COLOUR OF MY CAR? I WAS TOLD ITS RUSSET BROWN BUT I WANT TO CONFIRM THIS BEFORE BUYING A TOUCH UP PEN

PLEASE HELP

[NothingLike@Classic]

Ok this just got more confusing I have a total of 4 plates under the bonnet 3 on the slam panel and 1 on the r/h inner wing one is the vin another is the comission number thats all I know what is the 3rd plate on the slam panel and the one on the wing the one on the slam panel is as above 10mm x 100mm starts with 20w meaning clubman estate 6 numbers then the letter A looks like a commission number but doesn't match the plate starring its the commission number and also the vin number is the chassis number in the vo5 documents