Build date of a chassis/body...

[David]

Is there anywhere a record of builds? Asking as on the DVLA web site my Sportster says;

Vehicle Details
Vehicle make MARLIN
Date of first registration May 1999
Year of manufacture 1999

But I was wondering if the 'kit of parts' was built any earlier, sometime in '98 for example. If this was a factory build I'd imagine the parts were made just a couple of months before the DVLA was told about it. If it was customer built it could have been any time in 97-99 I suppose or earlier.

[dcunn]

Re: Build date of a chassis/body...

The "9902" part of your car's Marlin plate is the "kit manufacture" date, interpret that as you will, however it was for sale in Nov 2000 as a factory built car
so maybe the factory did build it !

[David]

Re: Build date of a chassis/body...

9902, I would imagine that’s Feb 1999, unless anyone thinks it decodes to something else!