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914World.com _ Originality and History _ Out of Date Order "Build Dates" & VINs

Posted by: Tom_T Jan 21 2010, 04:56 PM

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I've noticed that 3 early-1973 MY 914-2.0 ("914S") vehicles have Build Dates on their Driver's Door Jamb VIN Label which are out of numerical order for their VINs - or visa versa
- see here if interested in more details of that discussion:
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=103085&pid=1264353&st=0&#entry1264353

Now I'm wondering if there were any other patterns &/or instances of the VINs being built out of order, or if this is just a one time quirk!!??

.... So lets create a little unofficial Poll & Data Base on this thread to see if we can find anything about this Historical Quirk,
since the "Members' VINs" section here at 914world doesn't list the Build / Manufacture Dates in it.

Please Post your VIN(s) & Build Date(s) here in this Thread - either from your COA, VIN Sticker or other "official" source (not hearsay please) .........

I'll start with the 3 which we've uncovered so far:

4732901102 - Built 9/72 < dated after 2 following VINs below

4732901650 - Built 8/72

4632901954 - Built 8/72

OK you others out there, get yours in here from any & all model years - 4's & 6's and let's see what turns up !!!! .....

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Posted by: 914Sixer Jan 22 2010, 08:08 PM

Go to Jeff Bowlsby's site on rennlist about the LE cars. It happened all the time. The build date and the door jamb stickers never seem to match. My LE was built on Feb 27th but it has a Mar74 door sticker.

Posted by: davep Jan 23 2010, 03:00 PM

from my database:
up to here are all 08/72
4732900910 08/72
4732901017 09/72
4732901102 09/72
4732901302 09/72
4732901400 09/72
4732901547 08/72
4732901632 08/72
4732901650 08/72
4732901919 08/72
4732901954 08/72
4732901965 09/72
4732902065 08/72
4732902087 09/72
from here are all 09/72

Posted by: Tom_T Jan 24 2010, 01:11 AM

QUOTE(davep @ Jan 23 2010, 01:00 PM)

from my database:
up to here are all 08/72
4732900910 08/72
4732901017 09/72
4732901102 09/72 < Ch.# 3539559 < Signal Orange 914S/2.0 above
4732901302 09/72
4732901400 09/72
4732901547 08/72
4732901632 08/72
4732901650 08/72 < Ch.# ? < Murray's/ME733 914S/2.0
4732901919 08/72
4732901954 08/72 < Ch.# 3649545 < My 914S/2.0
4732901965 09/72
4732902065 08/72
4732902087 09/72
from here are all 09/72

Thanx Dave & Mark,

Dave - I've highlighted in your list above, that you have one 02065 built in 8/72, & at least 2 other 01900 series VINs which were built in 8/72 (or at least tagged as such), & maybe 2 if 01965 is actually an 8/72??

... so the VINs are obviously all over the place relative to build dates!

... Do you happen to also have the chassis nos. for those above, to see if there is any further correlation on build dates vs Chassis nos. in Aug & Sept 72 - especially if some 9/72's are Aug Chassis Nos. in weeks #31-36 ??

Posted by: Tom_T Jan 24 2010, 01:15 AM

QUOTE(914Sixer @ Jan 22 2010, 06:08 PM)

It almost sounds like the persons at VW's 914 Factory doing the VIN tags, just randomly decided whether to use the Chassis no.'s Month or the Final Assembly completions month, or flipped a coin, or maybe just had excessive brain farts!

BTW - I'd already PM'ed Jeff last week & looked at his LE list as well, & those numbers are nutzo too!