Commission No.

The Commission number consists of a code as follows:

Commission numbers also had a letter at the end indicating where the body had been commissioned. Commission numbers were issued and the plates attached in the body finishing plant rather than at Abingdon.

F                         meant the body was commissioned at Coventry bodies branch

P                         meant Pressed Steel at Swindon

Z                         meant Pressed Steel at Cowley

For example Commission No.G52N/002222-P

(Info Courtesy of Dick Immins and ‘Original MGB’ by Anders Ditlev Clausager)