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[oldtinkerer]

any one know how to check vin#s for line up in the production run

 

[Fratzog]

A lot of guys here can help but you will need to provide a bit more info...

 

[oldtinkerer]

understood

 

[69CoronetRT]

I think I know where you may be going....

The VIN is an administrative function, not a function of production. Cars were not built in VIN sequential order. The order paperwork was sorted and cars sequentially 'numbered' at the plant. Since the VIN is not tied to production, it is not proper to say a car was the 1,000th one made. It is proper to say a car has the 1,000th VIN assigned. A car with a lower VIN could have actually been assembled after a car with a higher VIN.

All makes and models were numbered at each plant and there is no factory breakdown by the different models produced at each plant (assuming the model or body style was made at more than one plant) so you can never know a car was number X of XXX made at a plant.

 

[Fratzog]

Don't know if you are reading this Dave but it sounds like estimating build dates based on sequence #s may be at best an estimate. Have you ever looked at the relationship or lack thereof between build dates and sequence #s for our cars? For those of you who don't know Dave maintains a 70 Polara registery and should pipe in on this topic.

 

[polara71]

I walk a fine line on this Fred. I have heard so many different opinions on this topic, including an uncle that worked at Chrysler in the 60's and 70's.

I do look at the dates on the tag and the VINS and everything seems to flow in numerical order. So much so that I can look at two tags VINS and date, look at a third VIN and tell you the date that is on the tag, never been off by more than a day.

 

[oldtinkerer]

wow i started some thing ` all i know for sure is that vin #s contain yr built and paint color or code. there were 2500 of these built i n 66 and i sure would like to know if this one is among the first or the last of the bunch also wonder how many are left any one want to guess cc

 

[Fratzog]

Provide the #s and let some of the guys here take a crack at them.

 

[detmatt]

No paint code in the VIN, body style, engine, year and plant it was built at.

 

[69CoronetRT]

... there were 2500 of these built i n 66 and i sure would like to know if this one is among the first or the last of the bunch also wonder how many are left any one want to guess cc

You can estimate approximate production time by the VIN as VINs were assigned as the production year went on. Logically, that does correlate to a production time frame. But to try and determine where a certain car actually fell in production or actually built is impossible.

Another good way to estimate production time frame is component date codes. Look for original parts that aren't normally replaced in the course of the car's life (engine assembly date, k-frame, maybe the master cylinder, dash components, carpets, seat covers, radios, etc) and look at the date codes.

 

[cm23uoc]

Just for information as I came over this researching my 300 Hurst . the scheduled production date found on the newer fender tags can vary tremendously. It seems all Hurst had the same day in January 1970 but according to VIN and date codes on parts they were put together over the rest of the year, mine corelated with the used parts somehow with vin to late April.