Re: IML: VIN decoding question

["Peter Engel" <peter.engel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

In the example that you give, number 110500 would be the 10,500th car
built AT THAT PLANT during that model year.

Every plant starts at 100000 (well sometimes other starting characters
are used like 4 or 8) and numbers vehicles sequentially.  If Crown
coupes, Crown hardtops and LeBarons are built at the same plant (and
they were) a Crown coupe could be #110500, a LeBaron #110501, and a
Crown hardtop #110502.  Then again all 3 of the number given could be
Crown coupes.

In the case of C bodies that were made at more than one plant you could
have a Polara sedan as #D156155217 (Newark, DE) and a Polara convertible
as D153155217 (Michigan).  The only difference between the two VINs is
the assembly plant code.

Pete in PA

Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 09:26:51 -0500
From: JosephStil@xxxxxxx
Subject: IML: VIN Decoding Question
Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Good morning everyone:

In decoding the VIN for my 61 Crown, I know that the last six digits
represents the sequential build number.  For example, 110500 would
represent the then thousand, five hundredth car built that year.

My question is this:  does that represent the ten thousand, five
hundredth "model/body style" (Crown 4DHT, LeBaron, etc.), the ten
thousand, five hundredth "Imperial" built that year, the ten thousand,
five hundredth "Chrysler" built that year, or does it represent the ten
thousand, five hundredth "car" built at that plant that year?

Not an earth shattering question but I missed the Imperial Chat last
night and was just wondering....

Thanks,

Joe
'61 Crown




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