Also, most parts are marked with the actual date of their manufacture, not the model year, so it is not uncommon for '71 parts to be in '72 cars.

The change from 2800CS and 3.0CS carried over almost all internal chassis parts. Any stockpiled parts are used until exhausted, so it is possible for a late '70 date of manufacture could find its way into a Sept '71 car, which could be sold as a '72.

Bob

Mine is a right-hand-drive 3.0CS, chassis 2230308, which according to the CS registry pages was no. 308 of the first RHD series. Now when I was dismantling the wooden dash top some 10 years ago, I found a inked stamp marking on the back reading '16 Dec 1971'. And I think some mechanical parts have a little circled '71' on them as well. Question - how long did it take Karmann to screw together a CS? Was mine built in 71, or was it just the sub-assemblies built in December and the car actually 'built' in 1972. And what of the 307 preceding cars. Surely some of them were made in 71?

regards,
Graeme