VIN Information

[donaldmwilliams]

Can anyone do a VIN Search or know how to get year, install day and month for my vehicle?

VIN 2586717

Thank you very much

Donnie

[visionaut]

Try RealOEM.com

A European E30, Model 318i with M40 engine, produced 5/1988???

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/select.do?vin=2586717∂=&kind=P&arch=0

[rogerspeed]

a better idea is to examine the vin table in the faq section, for specifics contact the bmw archive.

[visionaut]

yeah, what he said ;-)

I thought it was odd RealOEM came back with an E30, given the question was posted to the FAQ. (I've entered VINs into RealOEM before and had no issue... Oh well.)

[02Les]

Can anyone do a VIN Search or know how to get year, install day and month for my vehicle?

VIN 2586717

Thank you very much

Donnie

send email to andreas.harz@partner.bmwgroup.com

He will advise you build & dely date, original colour.

Yours was manufactured at the end of '72 (prob Dec).

Yor car was Ebayed Jun '07.

[donaldmwilliams]

Les, you are correct. Was an ebay car. If it was manufactured in Dec 72 - is it a 72 or 73? Silly question.

All Service records from the 70's describe the car as a 73. Sold to me as a 73. Titled it and vin came back 72 ????

[donaldmwilliams]

I have issues with Bumpers- Not sure if Restoration calls for tight to rearend or the rear bumper with the 1" gap, clardy, fridgeking, ac console , Do i look for original seats with the chrome " hinge " or the black from the later years?

[donaldmwilliams]

Thank you to all whom replied.

Mod 71 1972 Jan-72 Dec-72 2-580-114 2-587-307 7194

This is from the VIN table on 02 faqs.

Built in 72 --- So is it a 72 or can it be a 73 style manufactured for 73?

[TobyB]

It can be whichever you'd like...

that's the beauty of old cars.

t

[02Les]

Thank you to all whom replied.

Mod 71 1972 Jan-72 Dec-72 2-580-114 2-587-307 7194

This is from the VIN table on 02 faqs.

Built in 72 --- So is it a 72 or can it be a 73 style manufactured for 73?

Any "upgrades/differences" on the '73 cars for the US market would have started to appear from the factory around September '72. Therefore, in the US, your car would be classed as a '73 model.

2 of my '76s were manufactured a week apart (sept 30 & Oct 6) in '75.

[Mike Self]

14 Dec 72. I suspect yours was built in early Dec.

They're both '73s by model year, as the 1973 model year began with cars assembled after 1 Sept or so. Beginning 1973 VIN was 2585137. The BMW factory went by calendar year production, not model year. Thus the descrepancy.

Your car should have the heavy Y-shaped front bumper brackets that bolt through the front frame rails, and the oval "loop"-shaped rear brackets (with rubber covers) that space the rear bumper about two inches out from the body.

Please post your car's actual build date (or drop me an e-mail with the info) as I'm trying to determine the average monthly production for US spec cars.

cheers

mike

[EngineerTim]

Mike,

Just saw your response here and noted your VIN (6 off from mine).

Here's my info for your average production calculation:

The BMW 2002 US VIN 2587096 was manufactured on December 14th, 1972 and

delivered on February 15th, 1973 to Iceland. The original colour was

Golf, paint code 070.

I have no idea why mine went to Iceland then US, maybe an Air Force guy's car.

Tim

14 Dec 72. I suspect yours was built in early Dec.

They're both '73s by model year, as the 1973 model year began with cars assembled after 1 Sept or so. Beginning 1973 VIN was 2585137. The BMW factory went by calendar year production, not model year. Thus the descrepancy.

Your car should have the heavy Y-shaped front bumper brackets that bolt through the front frame rails, and the oval "loop"-shaped rear brackets (with rubber covers) that space the rear bumper about two inches out from the body.

Please post your car's actual build date (or drop me an e-mail with the info) as I'm trying to determine the average monthly production for US spec cars.

cheers

mike