QUOTE(Pat Garvey @ Jan 12 2007, 11:17 PM)
Afraid I'm no help either. Got my '72 from Cronin's P/A in Cincinnati, dealer 403-A08. My delivery doc's only show the distributors ('72). My original dealer changed to Moser P/A in the mid-70's & became Beechmont P/A thereafter ( & today). So, the 403 code must have applied to southern Ohio & Kentucky (probably Indiana too).
I know this doesn't help you, but it's history. If you need a distributor of the period, I have them - but no codes.
Pat
Did some additional digging & came up with this:
My original dealer (Classic P/A - Cincinnati) was code 403-A05 - this was 1972
Classic P/A was sold in '73 & became Cronin's P/A, code 403-A17
Cronin's P/A was sold in '76 & became Moser P/A, code 403-A18
Dealer codes disappeared from service invoices in 1977 (mine, at least)
Now, this should really muddy things up. In 1988 I bought an Audi that had been originally delivered to a dealer in Dublin, Ohio - code 403-A05!
I suspect the first 3 characters applied to either a zone or distributor (same distributor for Ohio & Kentucky at least until the mid-70's - may not have ever changed as far as I know). The distributor for Ohio/Ky during that period was in Dublin, Ohio (MIDVO).
So, I'm just as confused as when I started digging - how can I have the same dealer number in 1972 and 1988, when 2 different dealers were involved? Was there a re-alignment somewhere during the years? Does it even matter?