Just curious about what other serial numbers look like. My leading digit is about as poor as it gets. There is a faint impression of the 2 in the correct place, visible with a strong raking light beam, but when the fellow tasked with stamping the numbers gave it another go, the number die was so misplaced that the only mark was the top of the 2, quite misaligned. Or the first one was the missplaced strike and he just couldn't give the second one his all.
Of course, the full number is on the steering column and on the engine block, so no worries there, but it does seem a odd faiiure of quality control.
And who stamped this number? BMW or Karmann?
I'm tempted to use paint stripper to get back to bare metal and see if the shallow 2 was filled in with paint over the years as the car has been repainted once, or leave well enough alone.
Of course, the full number is on the steering column and on the engine block, so no worries there, but it does seem a odd faiiure of quality control.
And who stamped this number? BMW or Karmann?
I'm tempted to use paint stripper to get back to bare metal and see if the shallow 2 was filled in with paint over the years as the car has been repainted once, or leave well enough alone.
