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Old 02-13-2008
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Here's some info from a Pearson site, but chances are it will apply to your Bristol as well. The Coast Guard also changed the HIN scheme in the early '80's I think it was. I'll track down a link to that site as well. The newer numbers end in a number and not a letter.

http://pearsoninfo.net/info/sn.htm
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