When Was Last 914 Produced? Options

[nihil44]

I have a '76 and want to buy one of George's ( dr914@autoatlanta.com ) door jamb VIN stickers but I don't know the month of manufacture to specify.

According to the Karmann chassis plate the approximate date is as follows

Decoding the number is as follows using the number of my project car. The number on the Karmann chassis plate is 5049014

50 4 9 014

50 being the 50th week in the year (mid June '76. I believe Karmann used week 1 of the '76 production as the first week of June '75)

4 being 4th day of the week (Thurs)

9 being Karmann factory in Osnabruck

014 being 14th car made on that day

That would be 14th car made on Thurs 10th or 17th June '76 - depending which week in June '75 Karmann chose to be week 1 of '76 production.

My VIN is 4762904085. According to the VIN database on 914world, the last VIN was 4762924100 which would make my car 15th from the end of production.

There are several sources which state that 914 production ceased early in '76. I am unable to find solid evidence of the month of the last 914 produced.

I would appreciate some help in this inquiry

Assuming my decoding of the Karmann plate is correct and the date for my car is Thurs 10th or 17thJune 1976 and mine was the 14th car on that day and there were only 15 cars to go until production finished, then they probably finished those last 15 cars by Friday the following day.

I have often mused over Hans and Fritz walking out he gate of the Osnabruck Karmann plant late on that Friday afternoon on their way to the local tavern. As they downed a coulple of steins of the inkeeper's finest, did they lament the passing of the 914 with affection or did they celebrate the end of a bastard little car with an evil front air box and rear trunk torsion springs whose sole purpose was to relieve a few fingers from the hand of anyone foolish enough to approach their territory?

Did Hans and Fritz ever contemplate that, 45 years later from their efforts, they would have spawned a community of crazies who actually like these little cars?

But, When was that day???

[wonkipop]

@nihil44 .

hows it going in brisbane?

the first two numbers mean the week of the calendar year.
so its probably 50th week of 75. ie sometime two weeks before xmas 75.

there was something i read about all the bodies for 76 MY cars were made in 75 calendar year.
they shut down the body production line sometime in 75 to switch the karmann plant over to making vw sirrocos. probably xmas by the sound of your karmann number?

the cars were then completed from there on and sold until they ran out of stock as 76 MY cars.
in the USA the 912E kicked in to cover the gap until the 924s arrived.

[SirAndy]

76 MY cars were made in 75 calendar year

That is correct ...

http://www.914world.com/specs/productionnumbers.php

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