My car turns 40 today

[bmw2002tiidriver]

"The BMW 2002tii US VIN 2760765 was manufactured on January 21st, 1972 and delivered on January 24th, 1972 to the BMW importer Hoffman Motors Corp. in New York City. The original colour was Colorado, paint code 002."

Still runs like a champ. I wish I had some good pictures to post.

[c.d.iesel]

not to deflate your birthday party - but -

manufactured on......... January 21st, 1972

delivered on ................ January 24th, 1972 ??

it takes longer than 3 days to load the cars on to a ship,

sail to America, unload and wait at US docks a few day for processing,

transport to a dealer, and prep the car..................

unless this was a European Delivery ?

[bob02]

I got similar info from BMW regarding manufacture and delivery. Mine's manufactured May 5th 1971, and delivered May 7th. Perhaps that is when Hoffman took ownership of the cars? Or maybe it's the date it was delivered to the shipping port in Germany?

Regardless, congrats!

bob

[bmw2002tiidriver]

Yeah I realize that but I'm still excited.

[Lorin]

Happy birthday!

Mine was 7 days from manufacture to delivery (USA). I am assuming this refers to leaving the assembly line and arriving at a holding area ready to ship or being loaded to ship.

C.D. is just jealous cause he doesn't have an "02 anymore!!

[JohnM]

How did you get the exact dates? My '72 tii is vin 2761950, and I've been unable to find the precise date of manufacture. I'm guessing it was probably in July but would like to know for sure.

[c.d.iesel]

C.D. is just jealous cause he doesn't have an "02 anymore!! no - just alittle cranky - it snowed here today.

this ones for markmac

[bmw2002tiidriver]

I found mine by emailing info.grouparchiv@bmwgroup.com with my VIN and asking what the production date was.

[Mike Self]

once the car left the factory and was loaded for shipment, it no longer "belonged" to BMW AG--it was considered the property of either the domestic (German) dealer or the importer (shipment to another country.) So if the car was damaged in shipment, it was up to the dealer or importer to fix it and deal with the shipper.

My '69 came through with a caved in driver's door (shipping damage); after waiting four months for delivery I didn't want to wait any longer for another car, so Hoffman Motors paid for having the door repaired--and provided a can of factory paint.

My 73 also had a door damaged in shipment; when delivered to the original owner, it had a new driver's door with black primer on it vs the grey primer that it would have had from the assembly line. Original owner never knew it.

cheers

mike