Is there a register somewhere???

Is this the car in Hemel?

Hi Bulldog

No, Zummerzet.

What's in Hemel???

Diddyman
Check this out think it might help you!
Dennis

http://www.geocities.com/provamo72/VINDecoder.html

Cheers Dennis!

I'll have a rummage and see what it comes up with!

Well, according that little decoder the car was built in July 73, but was not registered in the UK till Jan 74.... Hmmm, odd that!

Odd, but not unusual. So to speak.

At least in the US, there were all kinds of strange games played with the '73 and '74 model years for emissions reasons. I don't know what was happening in the UK around that time, but I wouldn't be surprised if the car took 6 months to make its way from Modena to a buyer in the UK.

I suspect it was shipped by British Rail, Charlie - that would certainly explain why it took 6 months to get from Italy to England!

The register I posted my car was QV500.com check it out.

Ron

Yeah, in disucssion at Vegas I got talking to a guy about smog difiiculties and he tells me to check the VIN code against Ford build dates as apparently a lot of teh so called 74 (registered) cars were built in '73. Now beleive it or not that can be a distinct advantage because there a large number of Cal guys that went to DMV and got the title changed back to '73! Why? No emissions requirements and hence no smog test!

The law states year of manufacture not year of first registration!

Julian

Thanks for the input guys!

I went to see the car last Thursday, but it was a dog, so I walked away.