Thread: Disco2 compliance plate

Originally Posted by garrycol

No, doesn't work like that - my interim v8 D1 was built in October 1993 but was a 94MY, my Update V8 D1 was built in January 1994 and was a 95MY, my current RRS was built in Apr 07 and is a 07MY.

There is an outlier in that dataset?

Built 12 months before the calendar year seems quite odd.

Was the Update D1 sitting in the processing centre for ages and sold as old stock?

I once read that cars have a build date and a registration/compliance date. The build date being when it rolls off the production line and the compliance date is when it gets registered.

Originally Posted by d2dave

I once read that cars have a build date and a registration/compliance date. The build date being when it rolls off the production line and the compliance date is when it gets registered.

Explained by Pete on page 1:

Originally Posted by sniegy

Build date is located behind the l/h/f headlight & pop riveted to the front apron, Compliance is when ordered via dealer from Processing centre.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

There is an outlier in that dataset?

Built 12 months before the calendar year seems quite odd.

Was the Update D1 sitting in the processing centre for ages and sold as old stock?

The MY is designated by Land Rover - all the first updates were designated by Landrover as MY95.

My 95MY was ordered by me in Feb 94 before they were even released in Aust. The car was build in Jan 94 and was part of the first shipment of updates out of the UK (late Jan) to Aust. I believe the updates were launched officially launched in about Apr 94 and mine was delivered to me in Canberra 4 May 1994. A couple of press demonstrators had been brought in in around Feb 94 and it was one of these I spotted on the road and led me to ordering one before they were released.

The MY94 (Interim D1) was only sold new from about Oct 93 to Apr 94 as these replaced the last of the MY93s which were the 3.5V8s. The Interims had the same basic trim and body of the 3.5s but the belt 3.9 and the LT77 box - the Interims were replaced by the Updates with their exterior changes, updated interior, engines and gearboxes.

Garry

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

There is an outlier in that dataset?

Built 12 months before the calendar year seems quite odd.

Was the Update D1 sitting in the processing centre for ages and sold as old stock?

Going back to Garry's post, I'm still a little confused. AFAIK the Model Year is the information from the manufacturer that is used for parts compatibility. The MY would be set the day it rolls off the assembly line be it the current calendar year to the one starting within 4 months.

If a vehicle sits in the processing centre for 12 or 18 months it may get a current compliance date/year but it would still be the Model Year of the day it rolled of the assembly line wouldn't it?

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

If a vehicle sits in the processing centre for 12 or 18 months it may get a current compliance date/year but it would still be the Model Year of the day it rolled of the assembly line wouldn't it?

Yes, it can sit there for years (as some of the old 827s did) & it will still be the same MY.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Going back to Garry's post, I'm still a little confused. AFAIK the Model Year is the information from the manufacturer that is used for parts compatibility. The MY would be set the day it rolls off the assembly line be it the current calendar year to the one starting within 4 months.

If a vehicle sits in the processing centre for 12 or 18 months it may get a current compliance date/year but it would still be the Model Year of the day it rolled of the assembly line wouldn't it?

That's my understanding of how it works.

Originally Posted by garrycol

My 95MY was ordered by me in Feb 94 before they were even released in Aust. The car was build in Jan 95 and was part of the first shipment of updates out of the UK (late Jan) to Aust.

I think there's a typo - Jan 94?