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I had a plate by the door on our 88, it was also the last 2 digits on the seral No.

is it CRIS registered? if not its pre 92?

have you got a pic?

Anna

There should be a little metal plate near the door, low down,  which has things like min/max weight and it should also have a serial number. If you can find that number and post it here I am sure someone will be able to identify the model year.

David

Quote: Originally posted by anna6 on 27/1/2010

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I am about to sell our Sprite Musketeer (bought second hand), but I can't locate the paperwork and I'm not sure of the date of manufacture, although it must be around 10 years old. Does anyone know how I can find out how old it is please? Is there a serial number somewhere? Anthing else that will help me?

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If it says that it is a Sprite then it is at the latest 1995 as from 1996 Swift took over Sprite leisure and renamed the vans  Sterling. If you can post a photograph of it taken from the side it is quite easy to say whether it is a 1994 or 1995 van as the shape of the rear end changed in 1994. So if it looks like this sprite at the back top rear corner then it is 1994 or 1995 if it is more rounded ( they caled it a threepenny bit shaped back end then it could be as early as 1985 (or somewhere around then )

No, that will have been done by a previous owner. Neither my 1989 Major nor my 1991 Musketeer had the chassis or serial numbers etched on the windows.

With the advent of CRIS in 1992 all vans had their windows etched with the CRIS number.

The OP's van is most definately a lot more than 10 years old as no Sprites were built after Swift took over CI - until they resurrected the name, but with no Musketeer model. The newest Musketeer I have ever seen was a 1993 model.

5GU500 CUP0931043     looks like a 1993

Decipher VIN number

CRiS Numbers Decoded

You can also use the CRiS number to check some details on the caravan yourself. To help explain what the CRiS number means, take for example the number below:

SGAT000AV50001234

SGAT000AV50001234 Year of manufacture (5 = 2005) - see below for codes
SGAT000AV50001234 Serial number

Year of manufacture codes: