Off The Wall VIN Topic
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Off The Wall VIN Topic
This question is for all you VIN gurus out there (or anyone else for who knows).
I'm familiar with how the VIN is broken down for the 73-79 trucks. My focus in this question are the last seven digits, the assembly plant location and the consecutive unit number.
I was wondering if each plant carried it's own cumlitive total in the VIN or if they used a company wide total? For example, we'll use my truck. It has plant code R for San Jose. CUN is 086104. Could there be a N (Norfolk) 086104? See what I'm getting at? Same unit number, different plants. Is this how it works? Or is the CUN a company wide total?
I know, it's a weird question. But I'm bored and curious.
I'm familiar with how the VIN is broken down for the 73-79 trucks. My focus in this question are the last seven digits, the assembly plant location and the consecutive unit number.
I was wondering if each plant carried it's own cumlitive total in the VIN or if they used a company wide total? For example, we'll use my truck. It has plant code R for San Jose. CUN is 086104. Could there be a N (Norfolk) 086104? See what I'm getting at? Same unit number, different plants. Is this how it works? Or is the CUN a company wide total?
I know, it's a weird question. But I'm bored and curious.
Laughing Gas
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From: Apple Valley CA USA
i can't speak for trucks but on the car lines there is duplication. there is a 7F91S500001 1967 Cougar from Dearborn (owned by Jim Pinkerton, it is cougar #1 because San Jose starts production later than Dearborn!) and a 7R91F500001 1967 Cougar from San Jose (doing this from memory but i am pretty sure about the engine codes!). hawkrod
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Seeing as how there are only 4 digits as the vehicle line code, I would say that that are far more than 9999 trucks made. Yes the codes were used over, but no two vehicles got the same VIN code.
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From: spartanburg, SC
"Seeing as how there are only 4 digits"
no theres 6 digits.
and they used mumbers and letters in the first two digits
it starts like this(ford don't use the letter I on VIN plates)
000,001-999,999
A00,001- A99,999
B00,001-B99,999
000,001-999,999
A00,001- Z99,999
AA0,001-ZZ9,999
thats about 12,250,000 codes from those six digits
no theres 6 digits.
and they used mumbers and letters in the first two digits
it starts like this(ford don't use the letter I on VIN plates)
000,001-999,999
A00,001- A99,999
B00,001-B99,999
000,001-999,999
A00,001- Z99,999
AA0,001-ZZ9,999
thats about 12,250,000 codes from those six digits
Last edited by F150daniel; Feb 5, 2004 at 05:45 AM.
