date first registered - how to establish? Options

[dt4]

I am just getting round to registering the car over here in the UK now the restoration is complete
I have the certificate of title but cant find the date of original registration, is there a way of establishing this please?

[Cairo94507]

@dt4 That is the Compliance sticker which is required in the USA for registration. It shows the date of manufacture of the car in the upper right corner, 11/73 on that particular sticker. Of course then it has to get put on a boat and sent to the USA and get transported to a dealership and then sold. It was not uncommon for 914 models to sit for months and months at dealerships awaiting purchase by someone.

If you could narrow it down with any kind of paperwork you might find in the car to a specific state in the USA you could contact their Department of Motor Vehicles, (responsible for registering all cars on their roads) and see what they show for first registration. But that may be a long shot.

You might get lucky by posting the VIN, (the long number on that sticker or the metal ID tag along the A-pillar) here and pictures of the car and see if anyone remembers the car.

In the sticker posted there is something not right. The manufacture date appears to be in 11/73 and the year model, according the the VIN is a '75. So the VIN is easily verified by the metal plates and stampings on the chassis. The manufacture date has likely been messed with. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)