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Title: Ammaco date of manufacture, help please.
Post by: SimonUK on October 10, 2014, 10:22 AM

Hi there.

Does anyone know how to identify the date of manufacture on Ammaco's?

Many thanks in advance if you do.

Title: Re: Ammaco date of manufacture, help please.
Post by: Retrodan72 on October 10, 2014, 11:46 AM

Simon, i'm guessing you have one?

Have you looked for a serial number at all? ???

Title: Re: Ammaco date of manufacture, help please.
Post by: SimonUK on October 10, 2014, 12:13 PM

I do have one, I have the serial number, just need to know how to decipher it. Any ideas?

Title: Re: Ammaco date of manufacture, help please.
Post by: Retrodan72 on October 10, 2014, 12:58 PM

Quote from: SimonUK on October 10, 2014, 12:13 PM

I do have one, I have the serial number, just need to know how to decipher it. Any ideas?

If you put the serial number up on here, there will be someone who can decipher it.

Title: Re: Ammaco date of manufacture, help please.
Post by: dinglem on October 10, 2014, 01:07 PM

I posted the same question about my Freestyle Pro a fair while ago now and never fathomed it out so I will be following this with interest.....

Title: Re: Ammaco date of manufacture, help please.
Post by: SimonUK on October 10, 2014, 01:09 PM

OK lets give it a go.........DSBM40605161, rather than just being given a date I would like to know how its done, so if ever questioned I can confirm its date. Many thanks.

Title: Re: Ammaco date of manufacture, help please.
Post by: dinglem on October 10, 2014, 01:11 PM

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,107203.msg1581521.html#msg1581521

I think that is the link to my thread....

Title: Re: Ammaco date of manufacture, help please.
Post by: SimonUK on October 10, 2014, 01:13 PM

Yes I looked at this thread before I signed up on here, I have been using BMX Museum but most stuff and people there are American so not much Ammaco stuff on there.

Title: Re: Ammaco date of manufacture, help please.
Post by: dinglem on October 10, 2014, 01:19 PM

Hopefully somebody who knows more than me will be along shortly with an answer. If you PM me your email I can mail you a scan if a mag review on the Freestyle Pro if you like.

For now here's my serial no. too:-

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Title: Re: Ammaco date of manufacture, help please.
Post by: kdw712 on October 10, 2014, 01:41 PM

Have a look at these two links

http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/info/187/ (http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/info/187/)

http://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/764771-sekai-bicycle-database-10.html (http://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/764771-sekai-bicycle-database-10.html)

Title: Re: Ammaco date of manufacture, help please.
Post by: SimonUK on October 10, 2014, 11:45 PM

Thanks for the links, although I could not see anything that was linked to Ammaco production.....did I miss something that you picked up on? I saw the DSBM bit, but couldn't pull any info from it.

Title: Re: Ammaco date of manufacture, help please.
Post by: kdw712 on October 11, 2014, 04:38 AM

Quote from: SimonUK on October 10, 2014, 11:45 PM

Thanks for the links, although I could not see anything that was linked to Ammaco production.....did I miss something that you picked up on? I saw the DSBM bit, but couldn't pull any info from it.

Yeah that was what i saw too

in both links the census was first digit year
Digits 2 & 3 month rest production number

But sadly no definative answer

I'll try and look at my ammaco and see if it conforms
Never actually checked the serial number

Title: Re: Ammaco date of manufacture, help please.
Post by: dinglem on October 11, 2014, 05:01 AM

That seems to make good sense to me. The first thing to check would be to find an example with the later unstamped gusset to make sure this dating method indicates a later build date.

June '84 sounds right for mine though. Thanks for the info  :coolsmiley:

Title: Re: Ammaco date of manufacture, help please.
Post by: SimonUK on October 11, 2014, 11:21 AM

Ah well done, seems like there perhaps is something in that. Lets see what happens if we are able to pool more numbers, it might start to build a pattern. Nice work lads.