As I recall, the discussion about the actual month of production of a given G, can not be determined by data on the vehicle, such as a number plate, or digit within the VIN, etc.
I donot recall anyone making it clear if the serial vin number offers any other indirect message about date of production either.
However, while looking at the production figures for each year of both the MB and Puch G (as contained in the book, "The Legend Keeps on Driving...") it seems as though one could get a rough estimate of the production date, IF the last string of numbers in the VIN are a continious run of vehicle numbers from 000001 to nth, and if the MB and Puch versions did not use a different sequence of numbers. Reasoning thusly, and knowing that the production for 1979 was 2,811, and 7,533 for 1980, and the vin number of a given vehicle ended with 003156, for example, one could conclude that the vehicle was built early in 1980.
Does anyone know of a source of more percise production data by month? And/Or, if DCAG offers an online service that will search a serial number for production date, location of sale, etc. I attempted to use the MBNA vin number search, but they essentially told me that gray market autos need not apply.[
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I am trying, as the second owner, to piece together a complete history of my vehicle. The original owner is cognitively no longer avaiable, and the family of the first owner can offer only sketchy details of where he bought it and when he imported it. I do have the first and subsequent registions in WA State (USA) from Jan 1981 to the present.
Thank you for any ideas.
I donot recall anyone making it clear if the serial vin number offers any other indirect message about date of production either.
However, while looking at the production figures for each year of both the MB and Puch G (as contained in the book, "The Legend Keeps on Driving...") it seems as though one could get a rough estimate of the production date, IF the last string of numbers in the VIN are a continious run of vehicle numbers from 000001 to nth, and if the MB and Puch versions did not use a different sequence of numbers. Reasoning thusly, and knowing that the production for 1979 was 2,811, and 7,533 for 1980, and the vin number of a given vehicle ended with 003156, for example, one could conclude that the vehicle was built early in 1980.
Does anyone know of a source of more percise production data by month? And/Or, if DCAG offers an online service that will search a serial number for production date, location of sale, etc. I attempted to use the MBNA vin number search, but they essentially told me that gray market autos need not apply.[
!] I am trying, as the second owner, to piece together a complete history of my vehicle. The original owner is cognitively no longer avaiable, and the family of the first owner can offer only sketchy details of where he bought it and when he imported it. I do have the first and subsequent registions in WA State (USA) from Jan 1981 to the present.
Thank you for any ideas.
