Re: "shelf" license plate lights

[James Montebello <jamesm@domain.elided>]

For many small volume manufacturers, the line between model years is
often blurred.  Parts left over from the previous run are often used on
later runs, so you get mix-and-match cars built near a model year switch.
From reading, this certainly appeared to be true for Alfa in the 50s and
early 60s.  I can't say if it was still true by the 70s, but I'd not be
at all surprised if it were.

james montebello

On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Richard Welty wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 09:51:36 -0400 "Watry, Andrew (LNG-MBC)" <Andrew.Watry@domain.elided> wrote:
> > On Berlinas, my current 1973 MY car 3001046, built 10/72, has the shelf.
> > Car 3000671, built 8/72, has no shelf.  A former parts car I had,
> > 3000698,
> > built probably 8/72, and probably a 1972 MY car, did not have the shelf
> > either. So I'd guess the change was in the 8/72 to 10/72 time span,
> > maybe at
> > the beginning of the 1973 MY?
>
> > On GTVs, my 1973 MY rear-ended parts car, currently sitting in my
> > backyard
> > and built 12/72, has the shelf.  So I'd say this change came in during
> > 1973
> > also.
>
> i think we're looking at the model year vs. calendar year can of worms
> here.
>
> i can't speak to how things are done in europe, but US car manufacturers
> have for a very long time introduced yyyy+1 model year cars in roughly
> september of year yyyy, implying that manufacture of yyyy+1 year cars
> started 4-6 months early.
>
> for what it's worth, my 1968 1750 GTV project car has a 9/1967 date on the
> plate on the B pillar.
>
> richard
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