Met original owner, in parking lot Options

[74ravenna]

Went to a local supermarket this morning and there was a light ivory 1.8

In this neck of the woods we don't see these all that often so i waited for the owner to come out of the store.

Turns out she bought it new in late 74 (i think) and has owned it ever since.

It has just over 130k on it and is in pretty decent shape. She brings it out this time of year every year and drives it as a daily driver.

It has the center console and steelies.

So this is the thing, it has the long bumpers fore and aft and the serial number starts with 475 so i thought it was a 75 but she was adamant that its a 74 and its registered as a 74, not that i argued the point.

My question to you is, is it a 74 or 75?

I didn't have a way to take a photo.
I also have the entire serial number but i'm not sure if its proper to put someones car in the database without their consent so maybe you could advise me on that as well.


Thanks
Steve

[Dave_Darling]

The model year is 75 on it. It may very well have been built in 74; production for the model year started in about September of the previous year. (My 74 was built in 10/73, for instance. And it isn't even one of the "early 74" cars with some 73 features.) So she may not know the difference between the two, or it may be that your state (or county or other organization) considers the build year to be the model year. I know that some countries do that--not so sure about states.

--DD