72-73 transition build dates question.

[Ant22]

[QUOTE=srogebry;767375]My car was originally silver as well. So that makes #21, 22 and 23 all silver cars.
The door sticker on my car is missing, most likely removed during the paint job 20+ years ago so I don't have the actual build date (not on my COA). Now that I see that 911S #20 and your car #21 both have 7/72 printed on the original door sticker I will assume my car must also be a 7/72. European collectables had 9113300021 a few years ago but there are no pictures of the door jamb sticker.

Please can you validate whether European Collactables had 9113300021 as that is my car. I bought it from Car Planet SF & have paperwork showing it came directly to Car Planet from the Estate of continuous owner from 1974. Accordingly I would be very surprised if ever for sale via European Collectables. Appreciate any information to confirm / correct. Many thanks. Anthony

[Ant22]

Checked historical inventory on European Collectables & my car isn't shown.

[srogebry]

Ant22, my mistake they had 9113300022, not your car 21
No build date door decal shown but says 8/1/72 on the COA.

http://www.europeancollectables.com/...nv_id=Po1370-1

[srogebry]

Also, I checked with TB33, the past owner of 9113300030 to see if he had any build date info.
Unfortunately he did not have any information and sold the car a few years ago.

[Ant22]

Ant22, my mistake they had 9113300022, not your car 21
No build date door decal shown but says 8/1/72 on the COA.

http://www.europeancollectables.com/...nv_id=Po1370-1

Thank you for clarifying. My COA also said August build despite door decal saying 7/72. I'm guessing the COA is making an assumption rather than reflecting accurate records, why would a period import related 'document' say July if August was accurate? Males no sense to get it wrong in 1972.

[Ant22]

Ant22, my mistake they had 9113300022, not your car 21
No build date door decal shown but says 8/1/72 on the COA.

http://www.europeancollectables.com/...nv_id=Po1370-1

Interesting to compare details of engine & transmission number of COE for 9113300022 & my car 9113300021, the car 22 has lower engine & transmission numbers than car 21.
Also interesting to note that both cars originally had black rather than black & chrome rear bumper / fender guards. I have swapped my original ones for chrome ones but retain originals. I don't have the front guards ... Which are not pretty anyway!

[edmayo]

They were using up the old chrome guards painted black. The large rubber ones weren't required in U.S. until after Jan. 73 production.

[911T1971]

They were using up the old chrome guards painted black. The large rubber ones weren't required in U.S. until after Jan. 73 production.

Correct. I think until Jan 73 both chrome and black (painted) guards were available on 73 models. I recall having a document about that, also Brett Johnson states it in his book.

[Ant22]

They were using up the old chrome guards painted black. The large rubber ones weren't required in U.S. until after Jan. 73 production.

Very interesting. Thank you.

[Jerry Landes]

I've been trying to find the build date of my 72T targa 9113110031. The clock build date is 7/72 leading to think that 8/72 or 9/72 is correct. After reading this thread I'm leaning towards 8/72 but I doubt (based on my original clock) that it was built in 7/72. Were all the models built in order?

Thanks Jerry Landes