NUMBERED PLAQUE RE:- WILLIAMS

[FATBOY]

i have finally found a williams a williams 2, to be precise! but on the dash there is no plaque sayin what number of 400 it is? were they all mad ewith these plaques or were they not? if it has no means of sayin what number it is anywhere on the car then would i be able to find out via renault by using the chassis number? cheers

 

[Bubbles]

So i was so "nicely" informed the other day... Only the williams 1 came with the little plaque.. willams 2 and 3 didnt..

 

[FATBOY]

how will i know what build number it was ????????

 

[Illusion]

U wont be able to tell mate, just like Bubbles said, the Willy 1 is the only model to be numbered with the plaque.

Unless u speak to Reanult, they might have a record of what was made, where and when.

 

[16V_Matt]

makes the willy 1 slightly more desireable

 

[Ben H]

The original Williams models were numbered to confirm their status as examples of the 2500 models that were produced to conform to Group N rally homologation rules. The Williams was initially intended for a limited production run of only the obligatory 2500 cars to satisfy these rules in 1993. Prior to 1993 the homologation car was the 1764cc Clio 16V and the rally car was also a 1.8, so they had to homologate their new 2.0 rally car as a new car. In fact, Renault ended up entering Group N and A rallies in 1994 and 1995, which is why the Willy 2 and 3 came about. Just more homologation cars. It was never a standard production car. It also had nothing mechanically to do with Williams!!

UK right-hand drive models were numbered 1-400. However, it seems they are actually numbers 2-400, as number 001 (as confirmed by King Stromba) is actually an unregistered LHD car owned by Williams F1 Engineering.

The UK got the first 400 as it was considered the most important hot hatch market at the time, like Renault also did with the latter-day 172 Cup/Ragnotti. Logically, the rest of Europe would have numbers 401-2500, but in fact there are some "gaps" in the numbers as the plaque numbers actually go up to about 4000 for the LHD cars.

The Williams 2 and 3 were also produced to satisfy rally homologation rules, but were not numbered like the original series was. As we all know, the differences apart from the numbering are only minor cosmetics between the three Williams.