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Originally Posted by nathanbs
It’s not an exact science but I have a ‘74 euro carrera ending in 664 that has a production of 12/73, a ‘76 euro carrera ending in 384 that has a production of 11/75 and a 77 euro carrera ending in 610 and produced 12/76 so it would seem a ‘75 euro #347 would be safely before January ‘75. I don’t completely understand the speedo comment. It was changed when car moved to Japan to comply with their federalization requirements. I think it would only potentially reveal what year it showed up in Japan which could lend to speculation on how many additional miles were put on it if it didn’t arrive for 5-10-15-30 years
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You might be right on the production date for this MFI Carrera. If it left the factory before 1/22/75, and the steering wheel date on the car now is '76/77, that would be tell us that the wheel was replaced and is totally out of the ballpark (besides also not being an hub-centric wheel).
Someone speculated that Mitsuwa reworked original speedo and added the Japan market red range face so the case would have the original date stamp (BTW - I think this is B.S.). Regardless, I think that the speedo date stamp would provide some background reference for the car since it has no records before being imported to the U.S. This is true for date stamps for many other parts of the car (Fuchs, steering wheel, seats, spare wheel, H-4s, etc.) but like so many other auctions on BAT, details like this are never posted.