I recently purchased Series II XKE OTS # 1R8125. This car was restored in the 80's and it appears that the body number plates , both on the firewall and behind the rear number plate, have been removed. Is there any way of finding out what the original body number was ? The heritage trust will not share that information. Thank you, Gary

 

My '70 Ser ll 2+2 has its body number stamped on the picture frame between the coil and shock mount.

 

Thanks for your reply but I believe that is the car number [VIN] . I'm trying to find out if the body number is stamped anywhere other than on the 2 riveted plates which are missing from my car. 1 on the firewall and 1 behind the rear license plate.. Cheers, Gary

 

^ ^ ^ Yes, apologies. I'm new to the Jaguar world, and get mixed-up at times.

 

CarloM,
Judging by your avatar I'd say you came from the Volvo P1800 world .
Bill.

 

It's written in crayon in several places on the body and interior.

The most likely location to survive a restoration is the back side of the dash.

 

As Carlo said, your chassis number (1R8125) should be stamped on the picture-frame. That should be sufficient to acquire a heritage certificate which also lists the engine, body, and gearbox numbers. Your chassis number is not at XKEData but the next lowest is. That car is body number 4R2212 so yours might not be too far off that.

 

Thanks for your feed back. Didn't see any crayon markings but eventually did find the tag on the rear . Not behind the rear license , where I had looked before , but under the stainless steel piece between the rear tag and the right tail light

 

Thanks for your reply. I have found that the Heritage Trust will not supply you with the numbers from the build sheet. You need to give them the numbers from your car before they will list them on your certificate or say that they don't match the original numbers. Luckily , I was able to find all of my numbers . They all match so, all's good.