Re: [T3] SB with IV engine--was Wasser engine

[James Montebello <lapuwali@yahoo.com>]

Perhaps California USED to do that, but they don't
anymore.  Cars now are built to a specific model year,
which is clearly marked somewhere on the car on an
emissions sticker, which shows which year's emissions
regulations that car was built to conform to.

--- Jim Showker <jshowker@comcast.net> wrote:

> Additionally, some states title a car based on the
> year it was sold.  I
> think California does that.  If a car was made in
> '73 but a dealer didn't
> sell it off his lot as a new car until '74, it could
> be titled as a '74.
> I've run into that before, but there doesn't seem to
> be any hard and fast
> rule about it.
> 
> As Russ said, the VIN # will tell all.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 11:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [T3] SB with IV engine--was Wasser
> engine
> 
> 
> > On 23 Feb 2005 at 11:24, Jim Showker wrote:
> >
> > > > They never made a '74 Type 3. Is it registered
> as the Type 4 the
> engine
> > > > came out of???? If so, walk away.
> >
> > >   I didn't think they made any after '72.  I
> will check the registration
> and
> > > numbers.  I certainly don't want any title hanky
> panky.
> >
> > '73 was the last year for German made type 3s, but
> apparently some were
> > assembled in Austrailia in '74. I doubt you would
> come across one of those
> > here, though.
> >
> > -- 
> > Jim Adney
> > jadney@vwtype3.org
> > Madison, WI 53711-3054
> > USA
> >
> >
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