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| carcus |
 Sep 4 2017, 10:42 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 223 Joined: 16-March 16 From: Colorado Springs Member No.: 19,760 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
1976 2.0L.
Engine is not original, not sure what year it is. Paint code on door is Ivory White if I remember. Am I missing any info or can someone break down the codes more than that?   |
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| carcus |
Sep 4 2017, 11:15 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 223 Joined: 16-March 16 From: Colorado Springs Member No.: 19,760 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Thank you very much kind sir. 1973 2.0 engine it is then. I knew it was not a matching numbers engine on my 76.
Can the chassis plate be broke down to year and month of manufacture? |
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| SirAndy |
Sep 4 2017, 11:18 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 42,469 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(carcus @ Sep 4 2017, 10:15 PM)  Can the chassis plate be broke down to year and month of manufacture? Almost. The VIN will give you the year and the chassis number will give you the day of the year. However, note that the VIN year doesn't start on the 1st of January. Your '76 chassis was build in '75 and the chassis number will give you that day. There's a decoder here somewhere, let me look ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) |
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| SirAndy |
Sep 4 2017, 11:20 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 42,469 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(SirAndy @ Sep 4 2017, 10:18 PM) Found it: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/post-10181-1489268098.jpg) |
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Posts in this topic
carcus What can you tell me from VIN and engine number Sep 4 2017, 10:42 PM
914 7T3 GA001275 falls within the number range of a 1973 2... Sep 4 2017, 10:48 PM
SirAndy The Karmann plate is your chassis # and not the Vi... Sep 4 2017, 11:15 PM carcus VIN 4762903845 Sep 4 2017, 11:46 PM carcus
VIN 4762903845
What I get from the decoder is A... Sep 5 2017, 12:01 AM Dave_Darling
4 month of April, 76 year of vehicle, 2903845 lef... Sep 5 2017, 10:07 AM SirAndy What I get from the decoder is April 1976 build
No... Sep 5 2017, 11:02 AM BfloRandy Your chassis code from the door is 4929040,
The de... Sep 5 2017, 04:42 AM carcus Thank you so much all. The info is very much appre... Sep 5 2017, 02:12 PM |
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