VIN Number and year

droppedbox · Post by **droppedbox** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 7:11 am

Hey guys, I bought my wife a thing that we had shipped over from the UK. It is a German model with the bus style taillight. It also has reduction gears on the rear axels. My question is, can you determine the year of a Thing by the VIN Number? The reason i ask this question is because we were told it was a 1972 model, but the title says "date of first registration in the UK 10 18 1972 (DEC/D MANUF 1970)". What does this mean? The VIN Numbers are 1802458656. Can anyone tell what year car this is? I still have to title it here in the US and wanted to make sure it is titled with the correct year.

Thanks
Marvin

ztnoo · Post by **ztnoo** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 12:48 pm

The VIN third digit, in your case "0", indicates the year of production.
In this case 1970.

droppedbox · Post by **droppedbox** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 7:20 pm

ztnoo,

Thanks for the info. i thought that was the case, but since i am new to the Thing circuit, i wasn't sure.

Marvin