I can corroborate that the paint code might have been written commonly on the underside of the sunroof panel. HEre you can see "60", which is Polaris from my original color Polaris car.37 on the Karmann plate is Fjord
Barry, Gerrit’s number stamped under the Karmann plate is a 7 as the stamped numbers started over with the 3.0CS series. The pencil numbers don’t relate to build sequence as far as I know. Since BMW has no records you will likely never know how many RHD CSis were built on LHD VIN numbers or where yours is in the sequence. We have quite a few like yours in the Registry when I last looked (27 I think) but our Registry is not complete or conclusive.Okay I am a little confused ( apologies)
When you say you have number 7
How do you know that ?
Is mine not the 24th one ?
Or are you basing your information on the Vin number.
I am just wondering when or where mine comes in , as it pre dates what was originally thought of as the first factory Rhd vin number.
Mine is a factory Rhd built on 4th of September 1973 so according to some info it is one of 66 built
Or it could be 1 of 2741
Or in my head it could be 1 of 1 or 1 of just a small few as it was factory built with a different Vin than what was previously considered to be the first recorded factory Rhd Vin.
Lottery numbers? Dharma?
OkayBarry, Gerrit’s number stamped under the Karmann plate is a 7 as the stamped numbers started over with the 3.0CS series. The pencil numbers don’t relate to build sequence as far as I know. Since BMW has no records you will likely never know how many RHD CSis were built on LHD VIN numbers or where yours is in the sequence. We have quite a few like yours in the Registry when I last looked (27 I think) but our Registry is not complete or conclusive.
Chris
Hi ChrisOkay
Good to know , there seems to have been quite a few built like mine so .
I wonder should I pull the Karmann plate off of the car just to see what is behind it
At the very least it might stop me from bugging ye with my Vin related questionsthanks again for the info !!!
OkayHi Chris
I just read the note you added
Thank you for adding it.
Hopefully it will help others figure out what they have and of course ... me also !
Thanks !!!
Maybe. Since VINs aren’t entirely consecutive (close though) the Karmann number may not be entirely sequential but most likely it at least indicates when it started life as a shell.
Yes I think that’s good enough for me now to know . It’s time for me to stop diggingMaybe. Since VINs aren’t entirely consecutive (close though) the Karmann number may not be entirely sequential but most likely it at least indicates when it started life as a shell.
Oh jeez. Watching that, it is a miracle these cars ever made it out the door consistently.I haven’t seen any but this is entertaining:
Brilliant !I haven’t seen any but this is entertaining: