I have a question about the mysterious secret serial number. As you recall a few weeks ago I asked about the restoration of a 'real' R2 GT Hawk using a donor car to save the storm damaged car. The general consensus was that it a restoration of a existing car. After posting the thread on the NG I offered the unfinished car to a NG and the secret serial number came up in our e-mail discussion. He asked about a e-mail heads up he had gotten from a well meaning, but unnamed NG'er warning him about the "secret serial member" which we had discussed a few weeks before.
Here's my question, what do I do if I can't read the serial on either frame ? i.e. I don't even know for sure if either frame was under the car when built without that number. I've only actually been able to read it on one and a partial read on another west coast car out of a dozen I've looked for. What am I doing wrong in not finding this suddenly important secret serial number. I never had this issue with the R2 Lark that I sold on ebay that was restored the same way. (and yes, I was upfront on that car too) Do you guys look for the secret numbers on your cars, and if so, how do see the damn things ?