fnmag58 Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 I've been told that my '82 has a serial number stamped on the steel frame. I've looked all over for it and haven't been able to find it. The registration and title show the number on the data tag(CS3 4157 MKRM) that's riveted on the plate under the master cylinder. Is there another one? Should it be the same? There doesn't seem to be any others. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locostv8 Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 I don't know about Caterham but Lotus had more than one frame supplier and each supplier stamped their own # on the frame which had nothing to do with the VIN on the data tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnmag58 Posted August 27, 2006 Author Share Posted August 27, 2006 Jim, Thanks for the info--I've looked all over it and don't see anything. I plan on checking it again after it been blasted and cleaned. If there is one, I'd like to photograph it for documentation and historical purposes. The help is always appreciated--Sal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bball7754 Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Sal - You might want to take a look at this link >http://www.blatchat.com/T.asp?id=85125 or this one >http://www.blatchat.com/T.asp?id=70854 I did a search on "frame number" on Blatchat to find the posts. Hope this helps. Steve '98 Caterham 1700 Crossflow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevet Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Sal, you might want to check the archives on blatchat. I don't recall there being a separate no on the frame, but it's worth checking. http://www.blatchat.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locostv8 Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 http://wrangler.rutgers.edu/gallery/d/39747-1/VinChassisNumLetter.jpg" height="640" width="470 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locostv8 Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Note this is for an earlier car don't know about your year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnmag58 Posted August 28, 2006 Author Share Posted August 28, 2006 Steve and Jim, Thanks for checking into this for me. After reading both the blatchat and the letter, I looked all over the frame again and I still didn't find anything. Guess I got some bad intel. The frame heads to the PC facility tomorrow. Best regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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