Hello Dahl,
the preceding 0 in front of the production number has something to do with the paint preparation of the body depending on the depth of the color tone which was applied later on.
I only know that instead of that "0" an "M" or a dash/hyphen "-" can appear. M means metallic paint.
Our wiki mentiones here the following:
Where the above sample shows a dash at the beginning of line 4, some cars have a 1 digit number or letter, presumably identifying additional body work for certain versions or options.
Sorry please, but I don't have further info (or better knowledge) here.
* Distribution / Sales market codes:
2, 3 Germany
4 NATO, Tourists, Diplomats
5 Europe except Germany
6 Africa
7 America
8 Asia
9 Australia
Hello Rick,
Very interesting here.
However, recently I took a picture of a 230 SL which had the following on its dataplate:
"113 042 10 0"
Yes, the car had country (or continent) code zero instead of something regular according to your list.
Currently, I don't know what that is.
And ah no, it doesn't mean "moon delivery".
Best,
Achim
(114 015 12 2)