vin=plant sequential numbers
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From: Supreme Soviet Peace-Loving Pipple's Kollektive of Seattle Wa
vin=plant sequential numbers
I was trying to figure out the last 6 numbers of the vin, the plant sequential numbers. do they indicate where your car fits into the units produced for that year? mine are (after the '5' for bowling green),
117897, and the door sticker lists the date of manufacture as sep 83.
but it would look like 117, 896 cars before mine at a plant open for only 1 year's production-doesn't seem right. anyone know the month the first c4's were started?
117897, and the door sticker lists the date of manufacture as sep 83.
but it would look like 117, 896 cars before mine at a plant open for only 1 year's production-doesn't seem right. anyone know the month the first c4's were started?
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I was trying to figure out the last 6 numbers of the vin, the plant sequential numbers. do they indicate where your car fits into the units produced for that year? mine are (after the '5' for bowling green),
117897, and the door sticker lists the date of manufacture as sep 83.
but it would look like 117, 896 cars before mine at a plant open for only 1 year's production-doesn't seem right. anyone know the month the first c4's were started?
117897, and the door sticker lists the date of manufacture as sep 83.
but it would look like 117, 896 cars before mine at a plant open for only 1 year's production-doesn't seem right. anyone know the month the first c4's were started?
the following is a cut and paste from another site:
...(are) there actually two 1983 corvettes? The official one was the last survivor when the initial 43 1983's were produced, which now lives in the National Corvette Museum. However, they didn't finish "building" it until 5 years later.
The other 1983 was won in a National Council of Corvette Clubs charity raffle and is now owned by Dick Goyner. It was raffled as the first 1984 (with the only "Serial Number 00001" from any generation of Corvette known to still exist). There were 70 test vehicles built first with VIN's 00002-0071, then the 71st car built was given the VIN 0001. Mr. Goyner still has this car's original Build Sheet dated December 16, 1982. So it has been confirmed that he actually has a 1983 assigned vin0001 for 1984!
...that the last C4 (owned by Mid-America Design's Mike Yager) was signed by each Bowling Green, KY plant worker as it was being assembled down the line on June 20, 1996? That's a LOT of autographs on one car! It was the 358,180th C4 corvette, an Arctic White LT1 coupe with special accents. Mike even got to help put it together...
Last edited by Joe C; Feb 17, 2010 at 07:38 AM.
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From: Supreme Soviet Peace-Loving Pipple's Kollektive of Seattle Wa
you need to drop the first digit of the SIX digits listed. your VIN sequence number is really 17897 (the six digits went 100001 through 151547 w/ 51547 being the total number of 84 corvettes built). 17897 is about a third of the way through the 1984 model year production.
the following is a cut and paste from another site:
...(are) there actually two 1983 corvettes? The official one was the last survivor when the initial 43 1983's were produced, which now lives in the National Corvette Museum. However, they didn't finish "building" it until 5 years later.
The other 1983 was won in a National Council of Corvette Clubs charity raffle and is now owned by Dick Goyner. It was raffled as the first 1984 (with the only "Serial Number 00001" from any generation of Corvette known to still exist). There were 70 test vehicles built first with VIN's 00002-0071, then the 71st car built was given the VIN 0001. Mr. Goyner still has this car's original Build Sheet dated December 16, 1982. So it has been confirmed that he actually has a 1983 assigned vin0001 for 1984!
...that the last C4 (owned by Mid-America Design's Mike Yager) was signed by each Bowling Green, KY plant worker as it was being assembled down the line on June 20, 1996? That's a LOT of autographs on one car! It was the 358,180th C4 corvette, an Arctic White LT1 coupe with special accents. Mike even got to help put it together...
the following is a cut and paste from another site:
...(are) there actually two 1983 corvettes? The official one was the last survivor when the initial 43 1983's were produced, which now lives in the National Corvette Museum. However, they didn't finish "building" it until 5 years later.
The other 1983 was won in a National Council of Corvette Clubs charity raffle and is now owned by Dick Goyner. It was raffled as the first 1984 (with the only "Serial Number 00001" from any generation of Corvette known to still exist). There were 70 test vehicles built first with VIN's 00002-0071, then the 71st car built was given the VIN 0001. Mr. Goyner still has this car's original Build Sheet dated December 16, 1982. So it has been confirmed that he actually has a 1983 assigned vin0001 for 1984!
...that the last C4 (owned by Mid-America Design's Mike Yager) was signed by each Bowling Green, KY plant worker as it was being assembled down the line on June 20, 1996? That's a LOT of autographs on one car! It was the 358,180th C4 corvette, an Arctic White LT1 coupe with special accents. Mike even got to help put it together...
thank you! explains my mystery!
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Where did that "cut and paste" come from?? 
There were thousands of "1983-assigned VIN's as the '84 cars were first released for sale in April of 1983. But all '84's had a dated code of "E" in the 10th positon of the VIN. Only the 40-some test mules had a "D" for 1983.
It would be really be interesting if the NCM could verify that.
There were thousands of "1983-assigned VIN's as the '84 cars were first released for sale in April of 1983. But all '84's had a dated code of "E" in the 10th positon of the VIN. Only the 40-some test mules had a "D" for 1983.It would be really be interesting if the NCM could verify that.
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Where did that "cut and paste" come from?? There were thousands of "1983-assigned VIN's as the '84 cars were first released for sale in April of 1983. But all '84's had a dated code of "E" in the 10th positon of the VIN. Only the 40-some test mules had a "D" for 1983.
It would be really be interesting if the NCM could verify that.
There were thousands of "1983-assigned VIN's as the '84 cars were first released for sale in April of 1983. But all '84's had a dated code of "E" in the 10th positon of the VIN. Only the 40-some test mules had a "D" for 1983.It would be really be interesting if the NCM could verify that.
- i would suspect that S/N 00001 actually has an "E" VIN, thus making it a 1984 model. i think what the site is saying, is the build date, dec 16, 1982 indicated that it was originally slated to be a 1983. by legal definitions, it's an "E", 1984 model, S/N 00001here's the "cut and paste" site -
http://www.burwells.com/CCC/Trivia.html
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Where did that "cut and paste" come from?? There were thousands of "1983-assigned VIN's as the '84 cars were first released for sale in April of 1983. But all '84's had a dated code of "E" in the 10th positon of the VIN. Only the 40-some test mules had a "D" for 1983.
It would be really be interesting if the NCM could verify that.
There were thousands of "1983-assigned VIN's as the '84 cars were first released for sale in April of 1983. But all '84's had a dated code of "E" in the 10th positon of the VIN. Only the 40-some test mules had a "D" for 1983.It would be really be interesting if the NCM could verify that.
The 84 year was more like 18 months. Thats why there are so many 84s out there.
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it would be kinda cool to start an 84 registry.. might get a few sequential vin numbers. we have one here that i started on rx7club for myself and fellow 10th anniversary rx-7 owners: http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=597035
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we can modify our list to fit what we feel is good. if anyone feels like haveing an 84 registry here on the forum i'm up for maintaining it. the list RX-7 10AE list looks like this now:
0621474 Brian Cartier Vista , California
0621815 Dave 88 A.E Dave Haikes Scranton , Pennsylvania
0622305 Robx7fcna Vancouver, BC
0622318 Kris Pippin Kansas City , Kansas
0622323 dkdoc -N.B> Canada
0622324 wawazat Oklahoma
0622330 Einstein - Georgia
0622350 mel lowe -Georgia
0622354 Steve Cappelli Marietta , Georgia
0622359 10AET2 -Illinois
0622359 Bryan Hagelskamp Indianapolis , Indiana
0622443 dougiepants -Illinois
0622446 Dave Malkan Grand Blanc , Michigan
0622457 S13nowangel - New Hampshire
0622475 Justin Jacobs Phoenix , Arizona
0622477 Michael Casavant Greer , South Carolina
0622481 Terrh -Windsor Ontario , Canada
0622485 gavinmosher -Missouri
0622503 jfpimp91elkland Effort, PA
0622507 jm85rx7 -Florida
0622508 10thAEWHiteHeat -Florida
0622563 mwbuick -Alabama
0622566 Richard DeWitt Overland Park , Kansas
0622569 duc lover -Georgia
0622572 E Dogg Iowa
0622576 JustGiveR -Canada
0622588 chnsx7 -Virginia
0622611 T2 vert -Texas
0622632 Will V. Denver , Colorado
0622644 NCRX791 -North Carolina
0622647 10thaecasper Texas
0622648 Rotarydude - Texas
0622656 Blake O'Brien Fredericton , New Brunswick
0622658 Mike Finney, Rocky Mount, NC
0622672 SimplyComplex -Florida
0622673 RXntrik7 -NC
0622689 turb0wnd-Ontario
0622689 bcoool1 Ontario , Canada - Canada
0622691 88aniv -Texas
0622693 TakahashiRyosukeFC3S -Massachusetts
0622702 dinancabrio Kingston , New York
0622711 Conrad J. Koch Nashua , New Hampshire
0622718 Grey Nichols Birmingham , Alabama
0622726 artsrx7 Mississippi
0622726 Kusemono Justin Gorinsky Owasso , Oklahoma
0622730 John Bruno Broken Arrow , Oklahoma
0622753 Rotaryhaven Virginia
0622756 Cletus -NC
0622771 Garrett Green rotaryinspired Moore , Oklahoma
0622774 jcosta -NC
0622793 Michael Vice Roswell , Georgia
0622799 Dale Clark Pensacola , Florida
0622804 Neal Swigert (kansei) - Michigan
0622821 tt7hvn -Washington D.C.
0622843 Daniel Cantrell Johnson City , Tennessee
0622848 bigboss70 -Nebraska
0622856 Dmerry rx7 -RI
0622859 Blake Chilson Shelton , Connecticut
0622863 Idoktr -Massachusetts-sold
0622865 pistonsa restupid375 -GA
0622882 Dream Theater -Florida
0622892 bignickFC -Missouri
0622935 WhiteKnightII -NC
0622945 ICaMuNoT Florida
0622965 S54life -New York
0622978 MyRoTaRmOtOr -
0623001 Bruce Lewis Birmingham , Alabama
0623009 Trots*88TII-AE* -Ontario Canada
0623028 Red95FD -Ohio
0623030 sublime42o North Carolina
0623035 Slo Motorsports -MA
0623047 Patrick Leroux Montreal , Quebec
0623049 coxxoc MO
0623050 unknown Cleveland , Mississippi
0623051 dirty dave -MA
0623102 willub and company
0623104 Scott NevilleSt. Petersburg , Florida
0623113 jdonnell -Florida
0623129 winter 39 -Ontario
0623132 Rotarydude - Texas
0623133 Jon Jordan Houston , Texas
0623134 Jet AcevedoPhiladelphia , Pennsylvania
0623146 FC3Spitsfire Virginia
0623146 softcrab123 Kilmarnock , Virginia
0623165 Joe Romeo Alta Loma , California
0623167 giraf095 Reynoldsburg , Ohio
0623170 Scott May Blue Springs , Missouri
0623176 Jason Minchin Grande Prairie , Alberta
0623217 Gerry Armitage Whitby , Ontario
0623238 fbdrifter - Florida
0623239 turbo80cid -Texas
0623261 RotaryForce13B - Louisiana
0623268 rx7mechusa -NC
0623277 ALL IN -Virginia
0623278 loudazzrx7-Maryland
0623306 banksey -Ontario
0623307 Turbo10th -Maryland
0623320 crjrx7 -TX
0623320 mrmazda7 Arlington , Texas
0623325 lov-to-rev -New York
0623336 n4ji Michael Lindsey Indianapolis , Indiana
0623338 scalliwag Fort Worth , Texas
0623341 John Vaughn Kress , Texas
0623345 lastphaseofthis, Alabama
0623355 R-Kive -B.C
0623389 Case1906 Maryland (original owner)
0623401 mfp10thAnn -Virginia
0623416 cipherzero2000 -Sun Valley
0623432 Jeff Nau East Peoria , Illinois
0623441 xzyras -California
0623444 Chuck Brock Hudson , Ohio
0623461 danny t2 -Texas
0623463 Will Vasser College Station , Texas
0623473 Blacklist -Ohio
0623482 David Hawkins Yellow Springs , Ohio
0623490 mazdaverx713b -Ohio
0623512 Ranchan02 - Illinois
0623516 Hellonwheels -New Brunswick
0623562 Terrh #2 - Ontario
0623563 Redfox - Illinois
0623568 ThirdGenFTW Florida
0623571 gxl87turbo -Ohio
0623578 unW7WZ -Texas
0623579 Ryan Nimal Owasso , Oklahoma
0623587 10aeRX7 -
0623604 ynkeetratr -Arizona
0623608 gt35-r -California
623621 lov-to-rev New York
0623628 Turbo10th -Maryland
0623631 jdm12a - Ohio
0623662 eazyb -Toronto
0623664 Chris Roth Tuscon , Arizona
0623665 RoninRX7-Nevada
0623666 Loose10AE -MN
0623675 Julie Wade La Mesa , California
0623682 Mark Mildice Icemark Rohnert Park, California
0623715 Bo Stout Vancouver , Washington
0623729 George Ladwig Diamond Bar , California
0623731 Derek Wong Markham , Ontario
0623760 fclardo -California
0623772 Tony Mercer Greater Sudbury , Ont. Canada
0623792 Johny zoom -Virginia
0623793 Brian Comendador Los Angeles , California
0623810 unknown USA
0623814 TougeFB -Arizona
0623821 1988 10th AE -Washington
0623830 drewl -California
0623856 TeeJayHoward -Colorado
0623869 coot2000 Los Alamitos , California
0623886 RotaryRockStar -Minnesota
0623891 SweetCars -Montreal
0623905 kamisama12 -New Mexico
0623919 fc10a3 Vancouver BC
0623934 Rotarydude - Texas (parts only)
0623940 T2phantom -California
0623950 found in a junkyard in CA by JamesBong
0623971 ujab014 -MT
0623978 ProjectRE -California
0624013 Chris Ng Calgary , Alberta
0624016 edomund -California-
0624042 Jim Brewer Pierre , South Dakota
0624054 David Preece San Francisco , California
0624078 Jarrett May J-Rat Tucson , Arizona
0624082 Mills -Minnesota
0624094 RED1990GTU -California
0624109 fceeyah NV
0624141 LogicFoxX WA
0621474 Brian Cartier Vista , California
0621815 Dave 88 A.E Dave Haikes Scranton , Pennsylvania
0622305 Robx7fcna Vancouver, BC
0622318 Kris Pippin Kansas City , Kansas
0622323 dkdoc -N.B> Canada
0622324 wawazat Oklahoma
0622330 Einstein - Georgia
0622350 mel lowe -Georgia
0622354 Steve Cappelli Marietta , Georgia
0622359 10AET2 -Illinois
0622359 Bryan Hagelskamp Indianapolis , Indiana
0622443 dougiepants -Illinois
0622446 Dave Malkan Grand Blanc , Michigan
0622457 S13nowangel - New Hampshire
0622475 Justin Jacobs Phoenix , Arizona
0622477 Michael Casavant Greer , South Carolina
0622481 Terrh -Windsor Ontario , Canada
0622485 gavinmosher -Missouri
0622503 jfpimp91elkland Effort, PA
0622507 jm85rx7 -Florida
0622508 10thAEWHiteHeat -Florida
0622563 mwbuick -Alabama
0622566 Richard DeWitt Overland Park , Kansas
0622569 duc lover -Georgia
0622572 E Dogg Iowa
0622576 JustGiveR -Canada
0622588 chnsx7 -Virginia
0622611 T2 vert -Texas
0622632 Will V. Denver , Colorado
0622644 NCRX791 -North Carolina
0622647 10thaecasper Texas
0622648 Rotarydude - Texas
0622656 Blake O'Brien Fredericton , New Brunswick
0622658 Mike Finney, Rocky Mount, NC
0622672 SimplyComplex -Florida
0622673 RXntrik7 -NC
0622689 turb0wnd-Ontario
0622689 bcoool1 Ontario , Canada - Canada
0622691 88aniv -Texas
0622693 TakahashiRyosukeFC3S -Massachusetts
0622702 dinancabrio Kingston , New York
0622711 Conrad J. Koch Nashua , New Hampshire
0622718 Grey Nichols Birmingham , Alabama
0622726 artsrx7 Mississippi
0622726 Kusemono Justin Gorinsky Owasso , Oklahoma
0622730 John Bruno Broken Arrow , Oklahoma
0622753 Rotaryhaven Virginia
0622756 Cletus -NC
0622771 Garrett Green rotaryinspired Moore , Oklahoma
0622774 jcosta -NC
0622793 Michael Vice Roswell , Georgia
0622799 Dale Clark Pensacola , Florida
0622804 Neal Swigert (kansei) - Michigan
0622821 tt7hvn -Washington D.C.
0622843 Daniel Cantrell Johnson City , Tennessee
0622848 bigboss70 -Nebraska
0622856 Dmerry rx7 -RI
0622859 Blake Chilson Shelton , Connecticut
0622863 Idoktr -Massachusetts-sold
0622865 pistonsa restupid375 -GA
0622882 Dream Theater -Florida
0622892 bignickFC -Missouri
0622935 WhiteKnightII -NC
0622945 ICaMuNoT Florida
0622965 S54life -New York
0622978 MyRoTaRmOtOr -
0623001 Bruce Lewis Birmingham , Alabama
0623009 Trots*88TII-AE* -Ontario Canada
0623028 Red95FD -Ohio
0623030 sublime42o North Carolina
0623035 Slo Motorsports -MA
0623047 Patrick Leroux Montreal , Quebec
0623049 coxxoc MO
0623050 unknown Cleveland , Mississippi
0623051 dirty dave -MA
0623102 willub and company
0623104 Scott NevilleSt. Petersburg , Florida
0623113 jdonnell -Florida
0623129 winter 39 -Ontario
0623132 Rotarydude - Texas
0623133 Jon Jordan Houston , Texas
0623134 Jet AcevedoPhiladelphia , Pennsylvania
0623146 FC3Spitsfire Virginia
0623146 softcrab123 Kilmarnock , Virginia
0623165 Joe Romeo Alta Loma , California
0623167 giraf095 Reynoldsburg , Ohio
0623170 Scott May Blue Springs , Missouri
0623176 Jason Minchin Grande Prairie , Alberta
0623217 Gerry Armitage Whitby , Ontario
0623238 fbdrifter - Florida
0623239 turbo80cid -Texas
0623261 RotaryForce13B - Louisiana
0623268 rx7mechusa -NC
0623277 ALL IN -Virginia
0623278 loudazzrx7-Maryland
0623306 banksey -Ontario
0623307 Turbo10th -Maryland
0623320 crjrx7 -TX
0623320 mrmazda7 Arlington , Texas
0623325 lov-to-rev -New York
0623336 n4ji Michael Lindsey Indianapolis , Indiana
0623338 scalliwag Fort Worth , Texas
0623341 John Vaughn Kress , Texas
0623345 lastphaseofthis, Alabama
0623355 R-Kive -B.C
0623389 Case1906 Maryland (original owner)
0623401 mfp10thAnn -Virginia
0623416 cipherzero2000 -Sun Valley
0623432 Jeff Nau East Peoria , Illinois
0623441 xzyras -California
0623444 Chuck Brock Hudson , Ohio
0623461 danny t2 -Texas
0623463 Will Vasser College Station , Texas
0623473 Blacklist -Ohio
0623482 David Hawkins Yellow Springs , Ohio
0623490 mazdaverx713b -Ohio
0623512 Ranchan02 - Illinois
0623516 Hellonwheels -New Brunswick
0623562 Terrh #2 - Ontario
0623563 Redfox - Illinois
0623568 ThirdGenFTW Florida
0623571 gxl87turbo -Ohio
0623578 unW7WZ -Texas
0623579 Ryan Nimal Owasso , Oklahoma
0623587 10aeRX7 -
0623604 ynkeetratr -Arizona
0623608 gt35-r -California
623621 lov-to-rev New York
0623628 Turbo10th -Maryland
0623631 jdm12a - Ohio
0623662 eazyb -Toronto
0623664 Chris Roth Tuscon , Arizona
0623665 RoninRX7-Nevada
0623666 Loose10AE -MN
0623675 Julie Wade La Mesa , California
0623682 Mark Mildice Icemark Rohnert Park, California
0623715 Bo Stout Vancouver , Washington
0623729 George Ladwig Diamond Bar , California
0623731 Derek Wong Markham , Ontario
0623760 fclardo -California
0623772 Tony Mercer Greater Sudbury , Ont. Canada
0623792 Johny zoom -Virginia
0623793 Brian Comendador Los Angeles , California
0623810 unknown USA
0623814 TougeFB -Arizona
0623821 1988 10th AE -Washington
0623830 drewl -California
0623856 TeeJayHoward -Colorado
0623869 coot2000 Los Alamitos , California
0623886 RotaryRockStar -Minnesota
0623891 SweetCars -Montreal
0623905 kamisama12 -New Mexico
0623919 fc10a3 Vancouver BC
0623934 Rotarydude - Texas (parts only)
0623940 T2phantom -California
0623950 found in a junkyard in CA by JamesBong
0623971 ujab014 -MT
0623978 ProjectRE -California
0624013 Chris Ng Calgary , Alberta
0624016 edomund -California-
0624042 Jim Brewer Pierre , South Dakota
0624054 David Preece San Francisco , California
0624078 Jarrett May J-Rat Tucson , Arizona
0624082 Mills -Minnesota
0624094 RED1990GTU -California
0624109 fceeyah NV
0624141 LogicFoxX WA
