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Originally Posted by Mike Gurr
I have been looking at an Austin 8 saloon car which may or may not be ex military. It has a repair plate fixed to the bulkhead with the following information-
Vehicle number - M23142671
Class of repair - A (This I believe means a rebuilt or replaced engine)
WKSP number - 22
Inspection - 13
Can anyone assist with what type of vehicle the 'M' number was allocated to? and where was workshop 22?
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Hi Mike,
The details stamped on this plate appear so wrong, firstly the census number is 8 digits long and as far as I know, the largest numbers were only 7 digits long.
Classes of repair were denoted by Roman numerals, ie I, IV, etc., not letters. The inspection number was normally an inspection stamp.
regards,
Richard