slam panel i.d tags.

[joel h]

Hi all, i cant make out the numbers on the two i.d tags on the slam panel is this something to worry about or not? If yes how can i find out what they should read.
Thanks joel.

[DJT]

Get yourself a Heritage certificate. This lists all the relevant production data for your car including the numbers on these two tags. One will end in LD and be painted. This was put on the shell before it hit the paint shop. The other will begin with T and end in LD. This is the body number and was added after painting, so should be plain aluminium. Neither have any use in the real world and won't match the commission number, although they should be in the same 'ball park'.

[HersnotHis]

on the slam panel .

Fairly new Stag owner so please excuse ignorance - what and where is the "slam Panel"?

[DJT]

Bonnet hinge panel. On most cars the 'slam panel' is so called cause this is where the bonnet slams down onto, but the Stag's bonnet hinges the other way. The tags Joel refers to are beside the NS hinge.

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[joel h]

Get yourself a Heritage certificate. This lists all the relevant production data for your car including the numbers on these two tags. One will end in LD and be painted. This was put on the shell before it hit the paint shop. The other will begin with T and end in LD. This is the body number and was added after painting, so should be plain aluminium. Neither have any use in the real world and won't match the commission number, although they should be in the same 'ball park'.

Many thanks. So if i leave them on but they cant be read this would not be a problem with mr m.o.t man or pc plod?.

[HersnotHis]

Bonnet hinge panel. On most cars the 'slam panel' is so called cause this is where the bonnet slams down onto, but the Stag's bonnet hinges the other way. The tags Joel refers to are beside the NS hinge.

Many thanks but must say in over 25 years of classic car ownership I have never heard the term "slam panel" before. As I have said before I also owned many modern day classics before they were classics - new term to me!

[jeffsstag]

these have no bearing for mot or pc plod

[davidf]

Many thanks but must say in over 25 years of classic car ownership I have never heard the term "slam panel" before. As I have said before I also owned many modern day classics before they were classics - new term to me!

Google it

[jleyton]

Many thanks. So if i leave them on but they cant be read this would not be a problem with mr m.o.t man or pc plod?.

Hi Joel,

Take care as some MOT testers wrongly assume that this is the chassis number - I guess underbonnet is a more usual (and more easily found) place for a chassis plate.

If you get the wrong number on a MOT it can be quite a job to get DVLA to correct it - now I wonder how I know that

Cheers

Julian

[Stocky]

Take care as some MOT testers wrongly assume that this is the chassis number - I guess underbonnet is a more usual (and more easily found) place for a chassis plate.

I imported my UK Stag to Perth and had a very hard time convincing the Australian inspectors that these numbers were irrelevant and the Commission number is on the B post.

[jleyton]

Many thanks but must say in over 25 years of classic car ownership I have never heard the term "slam panel" before. As I have said before I also owned many modern day classics before they were classics - new term to me!

That's one of the great things about this forum - it helps you live and learn (and keep your Stag running properly )

Ps Just look what I've seen in the latest Car Mechanics That's enough Slam Panels for a lifetime

Cheers

Julian

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[Staggard]

That's one of the great things about this forum - it helps you live and learn (and keep your Stag running properly )

Ps Just look what I've seen in the latest Car Mechanics That's enough Slam Panels for a lifetime

Cheers

Julian

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I am sorry to contradict you Julian but picture number 7 makes no reference to slam panels whatsoever