Hermen,
Gerry is right. In the US it was common practice to date the car by the
date first registered. This allowed the Dealers to keep cars in their inventory
for over a year and sell them as new.
In 1989 the federal government said this was so unfair to the buyer, and
made the practice illegal. My car left the plant in 1957 but was first
registered in 1958. It is still conceded a 58 Morgan DHC.
Ed.
Hermen Pol wrote:
> Gerry,
>
> In this case I must disagree with you. As early as pre WW II Morgan did have
> model years. They were specified in the sales books and coincided with the
> appearance of a new catalogue. Changes could be as little as different
> colour schemes, or as big as new models. For instance both the 4-4 4-seater
> and DHC were introduced at the start of a new model year.
>
> I must admit that model year is not a big issue with Morgan and the chassis
> number indeed is the deciding factor, but still.
>
> Regards,
>
> Hermen
>
> Hermen
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