Question on VIN #'S
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Question on VIN #'S
On our vin # are they for ALL GM vehicles or just for vette's? I'm just trying to figure out how far ahead of the 500,000 vette my came to. I know the half million vette vin was 1Z37X7S426583. So if there was a vin the same with only the last digit a 2. Would that be a vette also or could it have been a monza?
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26583 is the consecutive unit number. Most of the time, Corvettes came off the line in sequence, but there could be exceptions. 26582 should have been before 26583; 26584 should have come after.
Subtract your consecutive unit number from 26583 or 26583 from your number and you'll be in the ball park.
The 500,000th was completed on Tuesday, March 15, 1977. What's your time/built date on your trim tag?
Subtract your consecutive unit number from 26583 or 26583 from your number and you'll be in the ball park.
The 500,000th was completed on Tuesday, March 15, 1977. What's your time/built date on your trim tag?
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26583 is the consecutive unit number. Most of the time, Corvettes came off the line in sequeence, but there could be exceptions. 26582 should have been before 26583; 26584 should have come after.
Subtract your consecutive unit number from 26583 or 26583 from your number and you'll be in the ball park.
The 500,000th was completed on Tuesday, March 15, 1977. What's your time/built date on your trim tag?
Subtract your consecutive unit number from 26583 or 26583 from your number and you'll be in the ball park.
The 500,000th was completed on Tuesday, March 15, 1977. What's your time/built date on your trim tag?
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On our vin # are they for ALL GM vehicles or just for vette's? I'm just trying to figure out how far ahead of the 500,000 vette my came to. I know the half million vette vin was 1Z37X7S426583. So if there was a vin the same with only the last digit a 2. Would that be a vette also or could it have been a monza?
The first digit indicates the brand, "1" being Chevrolet, "2" was Pontiac, and so on.
The second digit was the model. "Z" indicated a Corvette. I don't recall what a Monza was, but Camaros were an "S" and Impalas an "L".
The next 11 digits could possibly be the same, on other Chevrolet models, but only a Corvette could start with a VIN with a "1Z".
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Even then, the seventh character is 'S' for vehicles assembled at the St. Louis plant. Not sure what else St. Louis built in 1977 other than trucks.
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On our vin # are they for ALL GM vehicles or just for vette's? I'm just trying to figure out how far ahead of the 500,000 vette my came to. I know the half million vette vin was 1Z37X7S426583. So if there was a vin the same with only the last digit a 2. Would that be a vette also or could it have been a monza?
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-g...yone-know.html
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You seems to have come up with a different VIN this time as compared to last.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-g...yone-know.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-g...yone-know.html