'82 VINs moved to '83s?

["birdwell77095" <birdwells@xxxx>]

Back in July 1999 there was a thread (copied below) asking whether 
there were some '82 Deloreans which were reclassed as '83 Deloreans. 
It appears that under the headliners were markings indicating an '82 
VIN number that would be exactly 5000 lower than the VIN on the VIN 
plate. Did anyone ever find out why or if this actually occurred. 
Could there have been '82 cars which were pulled out of the 
production line for some reason (quality problems) for example then 
finished in the '83 production year? At that time production was 
slowing, stopping and starting. This may explain why there seems to 
be gaps in the chronology of the VINs and why the month of 
manufacture switch back and forth on a few vehicles.

Shannon


From: James Espey <james@xxxx> 
Date: Sat Jul 31, 1999 9:10pm
Subject: [DML] Re: VINs (was Were the 17000 series originally the 
12000?)


I looked under some headliners on the 82 and 83's we have here in 
the shop:

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

What I want to know now is, Ray Haug owns 16348 AUG 82 - what's under 
his headliner? Also, Bryan Pearce owns 11529 JAN 82 - the way the 
doors are marked on 16328 and 16428, you'd think his would be 16529, 
not 11529. In fact, Knut, owns 16344, have you ever had your 
headliners off and looked?

The story grows more curious...