That makes sense to me, but when I asked about this soon after I had
purchased the car several years ago I was told that the dealer who had
sold it (and who was no longer in business here at that time) had used
the system of selling the car titled according to the date of sale rather
than otherwise, regardless of how long it had been in his inventory. This
seems strange to me that he could have legally done this but....  I was
also told that if the car was indeed a '76, the glow plug switch would
have been incorporated into the key ignition switch as it was in later
years instead of on a seperate pull-switch, as it is in mine. Also I was
told that the oil filter could be accessed from under the hood in '76,
while I still need to be under the car to change the filter in mine. The
date of manufacture is stamped as 9/75, so I guess it could logically go
either way as necessary, and this car must have been built near the time
they made those changes. Anybody have some more comments about this I
would like to hear them.
Mick

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 08:05:21 -0800 Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Also, from your list of MBz you own,
> > can you give me some evidences to differentiate a '75 vs a '76 
> 240D. I
> > have one titled as a '76, although for some reasons, I believe it 
> to 
> > be a
> > '75.  Thanks.
> 
> Frankenheap is in the same boat.  The State thinks it is a '71, but 
> I
> have good reason to believe that '72 is more appropriate, given 
> that
> I found lots of '72 date codes on electrical items in it.
> 
> I don't think that I'd want to try to convince the State that
> they had the wrong number!  What's in it for them to change,
> anyway?
> 
> DBAG is not like some other manufacturers that have discontinuities
> in their design and production for each year, saving up most 
> engineering
> changes for the next model.  DBAG just made continuous improvements 
> as
> they thought of them, phasing them in at any old time.  The model 
> year
> designation (a US invention) is just another thing they stamp on
> arbitrarily to suit their production method.  After all, even for
> a Chevy the 'year' is just a 'designed for sale as the year of' 
> number,
> and is something like six months out of phase with the calendar 
> now.
> 
> DBAG's VIN will tell you everything you need to order parts 
> appropriate
> for the car and probably the date of final assembly too, if you 
> care
> about that.  How that relates to the US's approximately 
> August-to-August
> 'car year' is up to you.  Your State obviously took an assembled in
> '75 car and called it a '76.  My '97 pickup was originally sold in
> '96, sounds like the same thing.
> 
> -- Jim
> 
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