QUOTE(pete000 @ Aug 10 2012, 10:48 PM)
Is there a way to determine the month the car was built in as well as the year on the 914-6 chassis ?
Mine is Vin# 9140430131 and chassis #130189
From what I can find out on the internet the 1 is (Production body) 3 is (Karmann 914-6) 0 is (1970) and the 189 is the serial number.
Is there now way to determine the month of build from any of the numbers on the 914-6??
Pete, I own #0137, 6 digits after yours. You are correct w/ #13,.......where 0189 is the Karmann chassis number for 1970 /6's. To answer your question,......no, these numbers do not indicate when the chassis was built like the /4's do. If you did not have a DOT sticker on your door jamb, you would have to use the VIN Database to compare the chassis numbers on other /6's and work out the math. Yours was built in Jan '70 (as was mine) and was one of the first 50 or so brought into the US.
BTW. '71 /6's have a 7 digit number.
Don