Tii VIN Number Thread

[Conserv]

2 hours ago, NYTransplant said:

 

I think you're right.  The '73 bumper most likely went on with the nose change.  I'm partial to the 73 overriders, so I think I'll keep them.   Maybe I'll find the brackets to tuck the bumper in closer though.

 

Thanks again for the great info.

 

And, Tim, your car has shallow grilles, which should be correct for a July 1972 ‘02!

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

[NYTransplant]

9 hours ago, Conserv said:

 

And, Tim, your car has shallow grilles, which should be correct for a July 1972 ‘02!

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

I assume another product of the nose job.

[Conserv]

1 hour ago, NYTransplant said:

I assume another product of the nose job.

 

Well, Tim, the grilles are correct for the car.  The deep grilles, which began in 1966 were replaced — for U.S.-spec cars only — early in the 1972 calendar year.  So, from that point on, 1972 and 1973 model year U.S. cars shared the same shallow grilles.

 

(So the grilles could have come from a 1973, or from another later 1972.)

 

Regards,

 

Steve

[NYTransplant]

Perfect!  Thanks so much for the info Steve.  One day, I hope to have half the knowledge you do ?

 

Tim

[Mike G]

On 6/29/2018 at 5:46 AM, Conserv said:

 

 

But the 1972 tii is the best example I have of this disregard for the general assembly line shutdown in August. BMW manufactured 2,629 1972 U.S.-spec tii’s, from VIN 2760001 to 2762629. The earliest one for which I have a BMW Archives date is Tom Jones’ parents’ (original owner) tii, VIN 2760007 (manufactured October 20, 1971). I mention this only because perhaps this end-of-October start to the tii model year plays some role in the manufacture of 1972 U.S.-spec tii’s well into August 1972. I’m showing BMW Archives dates for VIN 2762618 (manufactured August 8, 1972) and VIN 2762621 (manufactured August 14, 1972). Perhaps the final eight 1972 tii’s were manufactured on or around this latter August 14, 1972 date.

 

Thus, after your car, VIN 2762344, was manufactured on July 28, 1972, they produced nearly 300 more 1972 tii’s.

 

The last note on this, my second point, is that the first 1973 U.S.-spec tii, VIN 2762630, was manufactured October 6, 1972. It almost appears that U.S. tii production started late and ended late in the general model year. Curiously, the earliest 1974 U.S.-spec tii, for which I have a BMW Archives date is VIN 2780046 (manufactured November 19, 1973). Did the “lag” in tii production years carry over into the 1974 model?

 

 

 

 

 

BMW 2002 tii US VIN 2762626 was manufactured on August 16th, 1972 and delivered on August 22nd, 1972 to the BMW importer Hoffman Motors Corp. in New York City. The original colour was Malaga. 

[gwb72tii]

A reprint from page 2

Dear Mr           ,

Thank you for your email.

The BMW 2002 tii US VIN 2762267 was manufactured on July 18th, 1972 and delivered on August 16th, 1972 to the BMW importer Hoffman Motors Corp. in New York City. The original colour was Colorado, paint code 002.

We hope this information is helpful for you.

Yours sincerely,

Julia Oberndörfer

Edited July 6, 2018 by gwb72tii

[Guest_anonymous]

The BMW 2002 tii US VIN 2762621 was manufactured on August 14th, 1972 and delivered on August 25th, 1972 to the BMW importer Hoffman Motors Corp. in New York City. The original colour was Inka, paint code 022

Edited July 3, 2018 by Guest_anonymous

[David Layton]

Well Julia is getting to know all of us by our 2002's:

 

Thank you for your email.

 

The BMW 2002 tii US VIN 2763309 was manufactured on January 23rd, 1973 and delivered on February 1st, 1973 to the BMW importer Hoffman Motors Corp. in New York City. The original colour was Atlantik, paint code 041.

 

We hope this information is helpful for you.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Julia Oberndörfer

 

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Edited July 27, 2018 by David Layton

[Conserv]

8 hours ago, Mike G said:

 

BMW 2002 tii US VIN 2762626 was manufactured on August 16th, 1972 and delivered on August 22nd, 1972 to the BMW importer Hoffman Motors Corp. in New York City. The original colour was Malaga. 

 

So just 3 more U.S. ‘72 tii’s after yours!

 

Thanks and regards,

 

Steve

 

 

[Ned02]

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Edited October 21, 2019 by Ned02
Updated

[1936spyder]

Just purchased, coming out of 18 yrs of dry storage:

The BMW 2002 tii US VIN 2782576 was manufactured on August 01st, 1974 and delivered on August 22nd, 1974 to the BMW importer Hoffman Motors Corp. in New York City. The original colour was Sahara, paint code 006.

 

[coloincaalpine RIP 2021]

2760173 Verona

2762643 Atlantic

2761923 Colorado

[steve k.]

Please, add your cars to the https://www.bmw2002faq.com/registry/

That way they will show up within the Tii information page 

 

[Conserv]

1 hour ago, coloincaalpine said:

2760173 Verona

2762643 Atlantic

2761923 Colorado

 

Thanks, but we really need more than a VIN and a (current? factory?) color!

 

Please email those VIN’s to the BMW Group Archives (info.grouparchiv@bmwgroup.com) and request their data on the three cars. At no cost, and generally within two business days, you’ll have precise manufacturing dates for all three (along with Archives confirmations of the original colors).

 

Share with us here and/or place those three cars in this forum’s Registry!

 

Thanks and regards,

 

Steve

 

[Conserv]

2 hours ago, 1936spyder said:

Just purchased, coming out of 18 yrs of dry storage:

The BMW 2002 tii US VIN 2782576 was manufactured on August 01st, 1974 and delivered on August 22nd, 1974 to the BMW importer Hoffman Motors Corp. in New York City. The original colour was Sahara, paint code 006.

 

 

Congrats! Looks like a dry car, indeed!

 

Strong sheen on those bumpers: a good sign!

 

Thanks and regards,

 

Steve

 

Edited December 19, 2018 by Conserv