Vin # ??? 72 or 73 ???

you need the whole VIN to determine what year your car was built. Apparently the factory would take cars out of production for one reason or another for a period of time and put them back in after awhile. To check when your car was built look at Chuck Melton's websit at http://www.geocities.com/provamo72/VINDecoder.html

My car is THPNNE06984 which shows a build date of December 1973 but it has been titled as a 1974 since new.

Gary #06984

Thank you for the info,, It looks like mine was made in July of 72,

Built in July of '72, your car could be one of the very first 'L' models, or one of the very last pre-L models. The '72-L models were much less numerous than either pre-L models or full- L models of '73-74. The '72Ls had L bumpers & the upgraded frame bracing of the Ls but the early gas tank & inside filler with a host of little changes done piecemeal between July '72 & Jan '73. Some cars have been converted from L to pre-L bumpers (and vice-versa) but a good clue is, the L cars tend to weigh 100-150 lbs more than the pre-L cars. Your car was built in '72 but sold in '73 hence was erroneously titled as a '73. Lots of little mistakes were made back then; I know of one Pantera that was titled by the CA DMV as a '72 Lincoln!

Yes mine has L bumpers,, Dont know about the gas tank, and it has a two pod dash,,,,,,

73 / 72 /L / Pre-L,,,, All I know is the big fat smile is still on my face.