I'm glad its not just me that puts dents in the pointy bit on the bonnet. He must have seen pics of mine after i had argued with the fence post a couple of years ago. Looks like I started a trend!!
I guess the seller (and most of us) don't have the reference material upon which to check ; might it be a late '75 and he's going on the' first-registered-date'...being '76 ?