Reg. date????

[Keithver]

My SA registration papers show that my car was first registered here in 1972. Looking at the spreadsheet of 'manufacturing years and chassis numbers', I see that my chassis number is bang in the middle of the 1970 sequence. Am I miss-understanding something or is my car in fact a 1970 model. This would better explain why I have so many series 1 parts on my series 2 car. This isn't really important, but more interesting. Why would there be so much lapsed time between manufacture and registration.
Any thought please?

[neil-yaj396]

Was your car built in South Africa (if so it would likely have a red Daihatsu build plate near the VIN plate)? If so there would be a fair delay between Lancia allocating the VIN and Daihatsu assembling the car. If not could it be a private import?

[Keithver]

Thanks Neil. It does indeed have the red Daihatsu build plate. Things obviously moved a lot slower in those days. Two years seems like a long time. Thanks for the insight