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Welcome to the forum! Glad to see you're working on your labor of love!
A dealer is not going to have the information you need. There are a couple of things you could do. First, is to click on the Knowledge Base on the Vintage BMW website:
https://vintagebmw.org/forum/
It's in the upper right. Then click on BMW Model Info. Put your VIN into either of the two boxes at the top...I assume that your frame and engine match each other. That takes you to a page for the R50/2 and R50US. You'll see specs for the bike. At the bottom is a PDF file which you can open. In that file you will see a list of model year and build dates that I have been collecting. Your VIN is not in there but there is one that is close, only 50ish bikes different that was built on 2/27/67. Safe to say that your bike was built short after that.
I also try and keep the same list here on the MOA forum. Check out this thread:
https://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?50039-2-VIN-Numbers-Model-Years-and-Build-Dates
The second thing you can do is to email BMW Group Classic with your VIN and ask them what they might have in their records. Hopefully they can track your VIN down and provide more details. Sometimes they will say what type of seat it had and where it was delivered. That's about all they will have.
hdz.info@bmwgroup.com
Let us know what you find out!
Welcome to the forum! Glad to see you're working on your labor of love!
A dealer is not going to have the information you need. There are a couple of things you could do. First, is to click on the Knowledge Base on the Vintage BMW website:
https://vintagebmw.org/forum/
It's in the upper right. Then click on BMW Model Info. Put your VIN into either of the two boxes at the top...I assume that your frame and engine match each other. That takes you to a page for the R50/2 and R50US. You'll see specs for the bike. At the bottom is a PDF file which you can open. In that file you will see a list of model year and build dates that I have been collecting. Your VIN is not in there but there is one that is close, only 50ish bikes different that was built on 2/27/67. Safe to say that your bike was built short after that.
I also try and keep the same list here on the MOA forum. Check out this thread:
https://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?50039-2-VIN-Numbers-Model-Years-and-Build-Dates
The second thing you can do is to email BMW Group Classic with your VIN and ask them what they might have in their records. Hopefully they can track your VIN down and provide more details. Sometimes they will say what type of seat it had and where it was delivered. That's about all they will have.
hdz.info@bmwgroup.com
Let us know what you find out!
