Re: New member

[Phil@sievers.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <2EDCAFA7@smtpgate.ball.com> Dave Lawson writes:

> Are you sure it is an '88? The VIN shows that it is an '86.
> 
> >Re: WAUZZZ85ZGA900637 (MB001421)
>                                       ^
>                                       ^         I thought that the model 
> year was coded like follows :
>                                        |           C=82              G=86
>                                        -------   D=83             H=87
>                                                    E=84              J=88
>                                                    F=85              etc.

I thought the VIN carried only one year digit - I'd assumed the "8" in seventh 
position?

In any event, I have the registration documents for 1 August 1988 - were MB 
engines availale in 1986?

Phil Payne
Sievers Consulting UK
Vice Chair, UK Computer Measurement Group
+44 385 302803 Fido 2:2503/415  CIS 100012,1660