[DML] Re: VINs

[James Espey <jv_espey@xxxx>]

I *would* agree with your theory, but it's not *random* enough to me.
Look again at what's been reported:

VIN 10570 DEC 81 - says V10570 on both doors, under the headliner
VIN 11004 JAN 82 - says V11004 on both doors, under the headliner
VIN 16328 AUG 82 - says V11328 on both doors, under the headliner
VIN 16428 AUG 82 - says V11428 on both doors, under the headliner
VIN 17089 ??? 82 - says V12089 on both doors, under the headliner

Note that the last three samples are off by EXACTLY 1000. Your theory
would make more sense to me if they were off my 1, 8, or even 37. But
exactly 1,000?

I have read that the 83's were really just the final partially
completed 82's that were finished after a government-mandated "cut-off"
date for a model year change.

For those of us that are interested in the VIN history, I think this is
a new "wrinkle" that can't be discounted so quickly.

James

At 11:13 AM -0500 8/1/99, BRUCE BENSON wrote:
>
>Since all the doors are the same and were dressed on a separate
assembly
>line, I'd guess something happened occasionally that upset the
scheduling of
>the the doors so their arrival at the marriage point with the body
didn't
>always happen as planned. Perhaps some of the doors were routinely
pulled at
>the quality assurance centers and randomly reinstalled. I'm sure it's
>nothing more interesting that one of these scenarios.
>
>Bruce Benson

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