What is the M28/11?
12-03-2008, 05:56 AM
#17
Nordschleife Master
If the VIN begins WP0ZZZ92ZASxxxxxx then the car is an '80 MY which as Brutus mentioned above were made from August '79 and the car likely has the original engine.
'79 MY cars didn't have the new standardised VIN number that begins with "WP0ZZZ"; that was only introduced in '80 MY in Europe
'79 MY cars didn't have the new standardised VIN number that begins with "WP0ZZZ"; that was only introduced in '80 MY in Europe
12-03-2008, 06:07 AM
#18
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'81 was first MY with 17 digit long VIN, '80 MY has its own 11 digit long number style. '79 first registration date can mean car is any one of these:
As numbers say, ROW S model has different VIN sequence than same MY ROW 4.5L.
Code:
MY Model Market Smallest VIN Largest VIN Qty Total
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78 928 ROW 9288100001 - 102646 2646
928 USA+CAN 9288200001 - 201139 1139
928 Japan 9288209501 - 209575 75 3860
79 928 ROW 9289100011 - 103059 3049
928 USA+CAN 9289200011 - 202285 2275
928 Japan 9289209511 - 209623 113 5437
80 928 ROW 92A08000011 - 101192 1182
928 USA+CAN 92A08100011 - 101649 1639
928 S ROW 92A08200011 - 201466 1456 4277
12-03-2008, 07:41 AM
#19
Nordschleife Master
Ah my mistake - I just tracked back from KS (my car's 89) and figured AS would be the introduction of the 17 digit style.
12-03-2008, 11:57 AM
#20
We had a choice?
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MY engine came out of an 81 Euro S. Found it in San Antonio at a BMW parts recycler yard. AFAIK they were not available in the 79 models unless as previously stated, it was a really an 80 model retitled as a 79.
