As is the way of these things, now that Mademoiselle is all but cosmetically finished, we must date her, register her and get an MOT, hence Andy sends off a request to top date-specialist in the club, Pete, as follows
"Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 10:02 AM
Subject: Dating letter request
Hi Pete,
Hope you and Bev are well. Could we kindly ask you for a dating letter please? You've probably heard of Mademoiselle, the AZ with unusual local history that four of us Kentish Hoppers have been restoring. Although there's quite a lot of fettling and cosmetics still to do, we're more-or-less at the MOT and registration stage.
As you may have read, she's a bit of a hotch-potch but here are the main details:
a.. Chassis no. 469851 (I believe this dates at 1959 - but you will know!), actual chassis itself was replaced long ago, looks like a late 60s/early 70s one
b.. Bodyshell: originally speedo-driven wipers but no bracket for ripple bonnet stay, therefore must be 1961-64 approx; paint (date) code on bulkhead was recently revealed, 16 K 1 (16th Nov 1961) which confirms this!
c.. Mid/late 60s 18hp engine now fitted (she came with an early Dyane 4 engine!)
d.. Original (late 50s/early 60s) gearbox & suspension throughout, & most other features
e.. Later parts fitted - 6V electric wipers, 60s bumpers & 'paperclip' overriders, probably some other things I can't think of at present but nothing else major.
Our own feeling is that although it's a mixture, the real identity is 1961 - up to you, however!
Could we please trouble you to address the letter to John J, Ian C, Matt C and Andy B - technically she belongs jointly to the four of us and we're not sure which name to register her in (DVLA won't allow a joint registration unless we're a company as such). Address is etc etc
Thanks very much and all the best,
Andy "
Wish us luck
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