No Vin Plate on 1976?

[Schnellvintage]

Ha! It’s only a problem when it becomes a problem.... just ask the executives at VW regarding the their diesels. ? LOL..
Matt


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[Conserv]

24 minutes ago, Schnellvintage said:

Ha! It’s only a problem when it becomes a problem.... just ask the executives at VW regarding the their diesels. ? LOL..
Matt


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And you know, Matt, I wouldn’t be shocked if BMW simply shipped the VIN plate-less cars, knowing perhaps full well the VIN plates were required under some U.S. law, figuring, “We’ll address the situation when or if the U.S. raises it.” 

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

[visionaut]

Well, to me a fiasco means repercussions or damage.  An unexpected shortage of a non-functional part is a logistics problem, but if there’s no damaging impact, it’s not a fiasco.  A fiasco would have been BMW having to halt sales or even stop shipments until the fender VIN plate was available again.

 

My hunch is Otto lost a roughly months worth of sequenced BMW 2002 fender VIN plates — and it was too difficult to get ‘em remade  — so they just skipped installing them until they hit the car build for the VIN tag in the next available box.  (More likely than they ran out...) So maybe our missing fender VIN plates are still siting in a box somewhere in an old dusty corner in Bavaria!

[Schnellvintage]

6 hours ago, Conserv said:

 

And you know, Matt, I wouldn’t be shocked if BMW simply shipped the VIN plate-less cars, knowing perhaps full well the VIN plates were required under some U.S. law, figuring, “We’ll address the situation when or if the U.S. raises it.” 

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

Steve, 

That's so true....  I wonder if BMW NA would make your car "right", with a VIN plate, after so many years, if you asked??

Hmmmmm.....

Enjoy,

Matt

[chargin]

My 76 came with a VIN plate that was completely toasted, ordered a remake last week 

[visionaut]

Thought of putting a replica/replacement on - but there's no holes there on my fender - not gonna add 'em.  Plus no fender VIN plate IS 'right' for my car, no?   Next we'll be removing snorkels..

 

Tom

[chargin]

 I am not saying you have to have them but here are the Factory VIN holes located on my 76 from a way back photo