Reply to "chassis number"

Unfortunately, you have discovered a real "can of worms" in that serial numbers used after 1979 were chaotic at best. There are nearly consecutive serial numbers with diferent years of maufacture in our current Registry. To compound the problem, some owners are secretive about their cars, some are unaware of the advantages of having their car's info listed and some are simply not interested. All this contributes to a poorly documented record. And of course, now that the remains of the factory and its records are to be sold next month, all hope of ever straightening all the mysteries out will be gone. Sorry....