Hhhmm  WMI ??? part of VIN... introduced around 1989...

Why would you think they would have any relevance to a vehicle built 20 years... or more likely 30 years... before?

Get real

1963...  what was the WMI.. world number ID for the NZ CKD kits..??  only about 32 NZ minis and this was 15 plus years ago.. and all had UK mini numbers..  thanks  bc

So we might presume you are talking about a Mini assembled in NZ from a kit shipped from the UK????  We did ship Austins to the K1s but I don't know if any of there were kits.

CKD kits shipped to Oz did not have UK ID plates (neither FE, Chassis or Body Number).  Oz ID places were added (using Oz serial/sequence numbers).

UK engine numbers were retained but the plates were removed and attached with with a piece of wire to the (I think) top rad hose.  The UK number was then stamped into the engine block where he plate would have been.  "Removable" ID plates were illegal in OZ .  My UK cars use the body number as the identifier for registration as the plate that carries it is welded to the body.

Cheers, Ian

Hello,

I noticed your comment that the CKD minis went as like parts for many vehicles in boxes, not as crated as whole auto units. So one box would have the VIN plate on the front body piece?  Or would they attached pre-stamped VIN plates as they built them?

I have a Austin Mini MK that was shipped to New Zealand in June 1967.  It was first titled in 1968.  Have you had any experience with tryiing to correct a title to its manufacture/shipping date instead of its first registration date?

thanks,

Lou

1963SV2.. guess you have NEVER used BHMT?/ they will give you refund they can NOT find your car in archives.. I had just asked them about my new edition , an ALVIS TD 21 #26660.. and they gave refund the next day. and referred me to www.redtriangle.co.uk in England. later bc  ps did NOT buy the Alvis..  thanks for board member , georgia cracker  doing sight inspection..  

I wouldn't waste my money... although hopefully they'd tell you free of charge that they don't have the information...

Your car is Oz built with not much UK content.  Does the engine have bolt on side covers at the back of the block???

Cheers, Ian

guam mini..  try.  contacting. www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk in the UK and send and email and 6 quid.. I got lucky on my  997 Cooper and got BMHT cert.. later b c

https://www.facebook.com/groups/nzminiowners/


Join this group and ask them. They should be the source of information you are looking for. 

I hope I can trace mine too since it is a matching numbers Clubman GT from NZ

I know Matt, I went up to his 50th birthday last year.
He has now reopened Readspeed (was his dad's Mini parts & repair business) in a new location in Brisbane. I wish him good luck with the venture.

I know Matt but I have never met him. A great Mini family.

catalina park..  do  you ever see Madd matt Read?/  I knew his dad was THE expert for Aus Minis, mokes..

That tag is nothing like an Australian Van number. NZ may have changed the number to suit themselves but I can't really see it. They didn't with other models that were imported from Aus.
NZ did sometimes use blank alloy plates with just the Australian number stamped directly onto it.

The Australian van numbers work like this...
From 71 to Jan 73 the prefix was YJBAV6R 501 (the car number would be between 501 and about 3500)
From 73 to March 78 the prefix was 021A2V1M10 and later 021G2V1M09 (the car number would be between 501 and around 7900)
From March 78 to Oct 78 the prefix was XNPFB18Y 101001 (the car number would be between 101001 and around 104300)

Your number XAV1-48107 looks like it is kind of related to the 73 to 78 prefix code. But the numbers are still way too high. 

Is there a number stamped directly to the radiator shroud/ inner fender panel? Something along the lines of 021A2V1M10 1234.
There may also be a number stamped on the bulkhead near the master cylinders (or where the master cylinders live on a RHD car) This number will probably be like 021 12345.

I finally figured out how to upload a new profile picture.  It is definitely Australian, that is why I am having problems tracking information about it down.

The problem with checking on the website www.carjam.co.nz is that my VIN seems to be 10 digits long.  I am guessing that this isn't the original  VIN tag that ame with the vehicle.  Would anyone actually know what this tag is? This tag is located next to the radiator.

Is it just someone re-VINing the car for export to the states?

All I know for sure is the BMHT people didn't know anything about my 1968 Riley Elf MkIII other than it was a CKD car sent to New Zealand. So, I know my Elf was a CKD car. It was built in the New Plymouth plant, and first sold at Moller Motors in Auckland, and its first owner was a lady named Eunice June Potter. All that information was acquired through the New Zealand Transport Agency....NOT BMHT.

catalina park.. I have imported and sold 500 plus minis in last 15 years.. this might be the reason..

First you said it was a 970 and then you said it was a CKD. It turns out to be neither. 
And you wonder why we were nonbelievers? 

So .. a UK built car shipped to NZ 3 days after being built??? Pretty much mirrors my 1071.... not CKD at all... which is what we were questioning...

Obviously such a car would have a build record accessible to Heritage...  

Cheers, Ian

ok. here is the skinny..  BMHT cert # HT/2001/9558.  Morris mini cooper Mark 1 ( 997cc). Colour  Tartan red/black rood. trim red and gold/grey   Car /Chassis  #KA2S4/300705  , engine @ 9FSAH/12862  . DU 8755.. date of build  17 sept 62.. date of despatch 20 sept  Destination ( dealer)  NEW ZEALAND..      date of BMTH issue 5 Dec 2001.. to ME..  ps NZ reg was DU 8755 . I bought this from lizzy reese in christchurch , NZ  NOW  would any of you arm chair experts.. NON believers want any thing else??