Identification MGB

[Benoit MG]

Bonjour,
j'essaie d'identifier l'année de fabrication de ma B, mais je ne trouve rien de précis en m'aidant d'internet.C'est à dire fabriquée entre 1962 et 1967.(GHN3).Il semble plus facile avec les B à partir de 70 car les années sont en fonction de la lettre dans le numéro de série.
Est il possible de dater l'auto avec le numéro qui vient après ce préfixe?
le numéro complet est le GHN3L 83544
Si quelqu'un a la solution je lui en serai reconnaissant.
Merci

[temp7]

peut être de mai 66

[temp1]

GHN3L 83544
G MG

1962-1967 GHN3 roadster
LHD
Entre 66 et 67:
1966 10/65 71441(?) 71933 ?? GBD/101 18GB/ /HL101
1967 11/66 108039 ?? ?? ?? 18GB/ /HL101

[temp1]

GHN3L 83544
G MG
H B type engine
N tourer
3 third serie
L LHD

83544
1962-1967 GHN3 roadster

Entre 66 et 67:
1966 10/65 71441(?) 71933 ?? GBD/101 18GB/ /HL101
1967 11/66 108039 ?? ?? ?? 18GB/ /HL101

[zarichos]

GHN3L 83544
allez une autre pour la route

G MG
H B type engine
N tourer
3 third serie
L LHD

83544
1962-1967 GHN3 roadster

Entre 66 et 67:
1966 10/65 71441(?) 71933 ?? GBD/101 18GB/ /HL101
1967 11/66 108039 ?? ?? ?? 18GB/ /HL101

[Invité]

Lindsay Porter va un peu plus loin
En 62 4518 véhicules fabriqués
En 63 23308
En 64 23652
En 65 24703
En 66 32916 ...

[benoît MG]

Merci pour les réponses...
Sur la carte grise, c'est avril 66, mais je voulais lui faire passer une fiche homologuation FIA, et je crois comprendre que 1965 est la date butoir pour la MGB période F de l'annexe K je crois...
J'aurai espérer une date de fabrication en 1965 bien sûr...

[daniel06]

Moi j'ai GHN3L 88806 et donné pour Février 1967 ( sa 1ere immatriculation)
Daniel

[Benoît MG]

Merci,
à priori les B jusqu'en 66 peuvent prétendre à l'homologuation FIA.

[invité]

http://hmcstarcars.co.uk/shop/heritage- ... index.html

[invité]

oups !!!
en fait: http://hmcstarcars.co.uk/shop/search.do ... b&x=11&y=9

[temp1]

Une piste à explorer:

Dating your car by its windows - based on the original compiled by Neil Cairns. Updated October 2008

MG's made in the 1950's to the late 1970's can be dated by the 'TRIPLEX CODE' etched into or screen printed onto the toughened glass. This also works for any other make using TRIPLEX glass.

Note that it dates the GLASS, so is only an indication of the cars age, assuming the glass is original.

If you are not quite sure of the year of your car, but the decade is known, just look for dots above and below the TRIPLEX TOUGHENED or LAMINATED logo on the glass. Unfortunately it is complicated by the code system changing in January 1969.

Before January 1969 one dot above T, R, E or X gives the quarter of the year the glass was manufactured:
T = Jan, Feb, March
R = April, May, June
E = July, Aug, Sept
X = Oct, Nov, Dec

From January 1969 the code indicated the month not the quarter, and although the same four letters were used there could be one, two or three dots used:


. : .
Jan TRIPLEX (dot over the T) Jul TRIPLEX
. : .
Feb TRIPLEX (dot over the R) Aug TRIPLEX
. . :
Mar TRIPLEX Sep TRIPLEX
. . :
Apr TRIPLEX Oct TRIPLEX
: .:
May TRIPLEX (double dot over T) Nov TRIPLEX
:. :
Jun TRIPLEX Dec TRIPLEX

But which year? Nine letters make the word TOUGHENED, one dot below a letter gives the year of the decade:
T = 1, O = 2, U = 3 and so on. However, if you see no dot (or possibly a dot under a space after the last letter), the year is zero.

Say your car is a 1950's MG, then TRiplEX TOUGHENED, with one dot over the 'R' in Triplex, and the other under the last 'E' in Toughened, indicates 'April/May/June 1958'.

My 75 GT has Sicursive side glass but a Triplex heated back-light with a dot over the E and one under the G, indicating March 74. The car has a build date of May 1975, so you can see that glass (and quite probably other components) could be hanging round for some time before being used - no Just In Time then!

My thanks to Pierre De Rijck of Belgium for questioning this information when he found multiple dots on his windows, as originally the information from Neil only indicated one dot. The additional info came from these Spitfire and Mini sites. However it should be noted that these two differ for 1969 and later for the months of March and April. The former shows the dots over the I and P of TRIPLEX whereas the latter shows then over the E and X as previously. As both sites show only the E and X letters being used in all other cases, I'm tempted to think the Triumph site is in error and have assumed such. Pierre also mentioned his two side windows had different codes. This could have been due to breakage in the past, but in his case the two codes seem to be consecutive months in the same year and so are more likely to be from two production batches rather than one. If LHS and RHS glasses are made, packed and shipped separately rather than as pairs this is more then likely, especially given the apparent gap between manufacture and fitting. Less so if the glasses were shipped as pairs, but still possible if one were damaged or a defect found during the build of the car.

[temp7]

pour obtenir le PTH de la FIA et pour courir en période F (1961-1965) il semble que la mgb doit être de 1965

[Benoît MG]

Malheureusement les vitres sont remplacées par des plexi, et je n'ai pas celles d'origine...
J'ai vu sur le net qu'il y avait des B de 66 avec la fiche FIA.Je pense qu'ils prennent en considération la fabrication du modele, et la B mk1 à été fabriquée de 62 à 66.Je ne suis pas certain.
merci