Decoding a C7 VIN
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Not exactly. There were 2 Premier Editions in 2014 that had their own sequence numbers (did not start with the 1 in the 12th digit). I don't think the Premiers started that early in the run, however. Plus there were the captured test fleet cars that came off the line before the "production" cars started rolling off the line.
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Not exactly. There were 2 Premier Editions in 2014 that had their own sequence numbers (did not start with the 1 in the 12th digit). I don't think the Premiers started that early in the run, however. Plus there were the captured test fleet cars that came off the line before the "production" cars started rolling off the line.
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Thanks for the response Zymurgy. Not sure what you mean by "2 Premier Editions". Where these special in some way? According to the GM VIN decoder, "12-17. Production sequence number that starts with the #100001 for each model yr". So it seems to me that the last 6 digits of most of the C7s should start with "1" and then the numbers are sequential afterward?
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The other digits are more interesting.
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Not much. It tells you that yours was somewhere around the 25,500th C7 produced in your Model Year. If that is 2014, there are the 300 or so captured test fleet cars and the 1050 special editions that also need to be accounted for. If it's a 2015, you need to account for the Z06's (which have a different 12th digit) and any Z06 pre-production units.
The other digits are more interesting.
The other digits are more interesting.
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Thanks for the info (a bit late), Zymurgy.
Edit:
Never mind - except for the "thanks." I found the answer is yes:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-how-many.html
Last edited by FirehawkTA; May 3, 2016 at 03:10 PM. Reason: Need to do more searching before asking.
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Put more simply, a check digit is mathematically calculated from all the previous numbers. When the barcode equivalent of the VIN is scanned, if there is an error, it will be caught 90% of the time by the check digit. 10% of the time an error will fly right on by.
I'm curious about GM offering a "customer selected VIN" for, as I remember, a very high price. What's up with that? Why would anyone want to spend money on a customized VIN?
I'm curious about GM offering a "customer selected VIN" for, as I remember, a very high price. What's up with that? Why would anyone want to spend money on a customized VIN?
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