The "lips" refer to the metal at the bottom of the
sides of your car, below the doors. Notice how they
flare out a bit. Older cars did not have this flaring.
On the older cars it is a smooth edge with no flare,
or lip.
Ed Howard
Orange County, CA
64 Red
(no lip -- but lots of flare! Ha)
--- Randy Bograd <
rdboggie@juno.com> wrote:
> Greetings....I'm a new amphi owner since August and
> a new member to the
> club and list since last month. I've been watching
> the dialog and
> recognize some features on my car (for instance, it
> has a black crinkle
> finish dash), but what is the 'lip' you've been
> referring to? What do the
> black dash and lip indicate? Here are my numbers if
> it helps with
> understanding the VIN vs Year discussion. It's
> titled as a '67.
>
> chasis no: 106 522 302
> Engine no: GK 1602 HE
> Trans. no: v30 No.1220 C62
>
> It looks to me that the wheels were made in '62.
> I think this car has spent most of it's life in the
> Washington, DC area.
> I bought from someone in the Mt. Vernon area who had
> it for 12 years
> (never got around to restoring it). He purchased it
> from an individual in
> D.C. It's now happily homed in Montgomery Village,
> Maryland, next to
> Gaithersburg.
>
> Randy Bograd
>
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