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> Stupid Question? Maybe ..., Why can't i extract the Date Code from the Chassis Number?
SirAndy
post Aug 19 2008, 01:59 PM
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Why can't i extract the Date Code from the Chassis Number? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

For example, on my car, the sticker on the door jamb is long gone. But shouldn't i be able to extract the Date Code from the Chassis Number?

CN: #3329543

According to the CN decoder, that means my car was build in Week 33, Day 2 of 1970.

Hence, the Date Code should be 08/70 ...

Yes?
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post Aug 19 2008, 02:29 PM
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Maybe, but not necessarily.

As I understand the chassis code, it is" the date that the chassis bgan production". As an aside, I do not know if that means the code was stamped into the first piece of sheetmetal that began the chassis fabrication process, or if it indicates the date a completed chassis began to have more parts installed to make a completed vehicle.

More to the point, the chassis code indicates week, day, Karmann Factory and 3-digit sequential number, but it does not indicate year. So the same chassis code exists for multiple vehicles produced on the same date in different years. Note that the code format changed in 1975 to begin the sequential number in '5'.

Also, especially if the chassis code indicates a day late in the month, the date code mon the safety compliance label at the rear door jamb, may indiacate the following month after the chassi code month. The reason is that from teh dates/codes I have seen (see teh LE Registry), it took anywhere from a couiple days to a couple weeks to 'complete' a vehicle. Its easy to understand that a chassis starts down the line and is compelteedd relatively quickly, but maybe there is an issue requiring re-work, hence a delay of a few days or more. I am guessing, but it seems to me that the safety compliance label with the date code on it may have been the very last item installed on the car...it would correlate to the day or month it passed a safety inspection. Its the only label on the 914 with a date code.
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