Re: VIN mystery

[cobram@channel1.com (Cobram)]

02-21-96  08:02
 
 rao@pixar.com   writes:                                           



 AR> Fellow VIN experts,

 AR> I have a bit of a mystery here with my newly-purchased 200TQ. It's
 AR> of no big significance, but the VIN appears to indicate that it's a
 AR> '92 model year car:

 AR> WAUGE5446MN026960
 AR> ^

 AR> According to my '84-'88 Bentley, character #10 indicates model year,
 AR> with H being 1987 (confirmed by an F in the same position on my '85
 AR> 5KT). So, 
 AR> H: 1987
 AR> I: 1988
 AR> J: 1989
 AR> K: 1990
 AR> L: 1991
 AR> M: 1992 ??

 
 AR> What's the deal here?  The car was sold in March '92 as a '91 model,
 AR> which means that their VIN system is even more screwed up than I
 AR> thought. 

   You're off by a few here, the 10th "digit":

   D: 1993
   E: 1984
   F: 1985
   G: 1986
   H: 1987
   J: 1988
   K: 1989
   L: 1990
   M: 1991
   N: 1992
   P: 1993
   
   There are NO I's and O's because they could be confused with
   numbers on the read. Therefore the Serial is correct.



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