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Let's see who's got the low serial number cars out there. Just because.

 

1983-1985: Serial number is last 5 digits of your vin, after the letter Z and (4,5,7 or 8)

 

1986-1989: Serial number is last 6 digits of your vin, after the letter Z.

 

EDIT: You can check manufacture date by opening your door and looking at the door jam. (Your vin number is there too, kill two birds with one stone.)

 

Model: Starion Flatty

Year: 85.5

Manufacture Date: May 1985

Serial Number: 20057

 

Model: Conquest Widebody

Year: 1986

Manufacture Date: Sept 1985

Serial Number: 017237

 

-Robert

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Model: Starion Widebody

Year: 1986

Manufacture Date: Feb 1986

Date of Sale: June 27th 1986, North Brunswick, NJ (With 10 miles on the car)

 

They didnt waste any time getting the car here and getting it sold... lol

 

Serial Number: 043169

 

Far from the lowest numbers.. lol... Dont know about my other cars.. will have to check those out later...

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85.5 Starion intercooled flatty, April 85 #18768. lowish, 89 Conquest,jan 89 #48063, nowhere near lowish. Edited by scottygibb
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1988 starion, #000029 FTW ;)

 

 

Wow! 4/28/87 build date on that one. It was a corporate demo car put into service on 7/15/87 at the Cypress CA office. Still needs the catalytic converter recall done on it though....lol

 

 

EDIT: 000028 is also a Starion, build date 4/28/87, also a corporate demo car put into service on 7/15/87. Yours is a black 5spd, 000028 is a silver auto

 

P.S. EDIT just checked, and cars 000027 thru 000030 were all Starions built on the same day for corporate demos....WOW!!

000027 white 5spd

000028 silver auto

000029 black 5spd (Chad's car)

000030 rio red 5spd

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Model: Conquest TSi

Year: 1987

Manufacture Date: Feburary 1987

Serial #: 053253

 

nothing special :(

what exactly does that number mean.....because i don't think there were 53252 of these made before mine in 87...and the 000028 was built after mine??? wth

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JA3CC54N1HZ036843

 

 

 

 

i dont know whatt any of thiese numbers mean :character0269:

 

Google is your friend :)

 

"How to read a VIN

 

1st character- Identifies the country in which the vehicle was manufactured.

For example: U.S.A.(1or 4), Canada(2), Mexico(3), Japan(J), Korea(K), England(S), Germany(W), Italy(Z)

 

2nd character- Identifies the manufacturer. For example; Audi(A),

BMW(B ), Buick(4), Cadillac(6), Chevrolet(1), Chrysler©, Dodge(B ),

Ford(F), GM Canada(7), General Motors(G), Honda(H), Jaquar(A), Lincoln(L), Mercedes Benz(D), Mercury(M), Nissan(N), Oldsmobile(3), Pontiac(2or5), Plymouth(P), Saturn(8), Toyota(T), VW(V), Volvo(V).

 

3rd character- Identifies vehicle type or manufacturing division.

 

4th to 8th characters- VDS - Vehicle Descriptor Section. These 5 characters occupy positions 4 through 8 of the VIN and may be used by the manufacturer to identify attributes of the vehicle. Identifies vehicle features such as body style, engine type, model, series, etc.

 

9th Character - The check digit "character or digit 9" in the sequence of a vehicle identification number (VIN) built beginning with model year 1981 (when the 17 character digit format was established) can best be described as identifying the VIN accuracy.

 

A check digit shall be part of each vin (since 1981) and shall appear in position

nine (9) of the VIN on the vehicle and on any transfer documents containing

the vin prepared by the manufacturer to be given to the first owner for purposes

other than resale. Thus, the vins of any two vehicles manufactured within a 30

year period shall not be identical. The check digit means a single number or letter

"x" used to verify the accuracy of the transcription of the vehicle identification

number.

 

After all other characters in the VIN have been determined by the manufacturer

the check digit is calculated by carrying out a mathematical computation

specified. This is based on vin position, sample vin, assigned value code,

weight factor and multiply assigned value times weight factors. The values are added and the total is divided by 11. The remainder is the check digit number.

The correct numeric remainder - zero through nine (0-9) will appear.

However, if the remainder is 10 the letter "X" is used to designate the check

digit value/number.

 

10th character- Identifies the model year. For example: 1988(J), 1989(K), 1990(L), 1991(M), 1992(N), 1993(P), 1994®, 1995(S), 1996(T),

1997(V), 1998(W), 1999(X), 2000(Y)------2001(1), 2002(2), 2003(3)

 

11th character- Identifies the assembly plant for the vehicle.

 

12th to 17th characters- VIS - Vehicle Identifier Section. The last 8 characters of the VIN are used for the identification a of specific vehicle. The last four characters shall always be numeric. Identifies the sequence of the vehicle for production as it rolled off the manufacturers assembly line."

 

http://www.vinguard.org/vin.htm

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Google is your friend :)

 

"How to read a VIN

 

1st character- Identifies the country in which the vehicle was manufactured.

For example: U.S.A.(1or 4), Canada(2), Mexico(3), Japan(J), Korea(K), England(S), Germany(W), Italy(Z)

 

2nd character- Identifies the manufacturer. For example; Audi(A),

BMW(B ), Buick(4), Cadillac(6), Chevrolet(1), Chrysler©, Dodge(B ),

Ford(F), GM Canada(7), General Motors(G), Honda(H), Jaquar(A), Lincoln(L), Mercedes Benz(D), Mercury(M), Nissan(N), Oldsmobile(3), Pontiac(2or5), Plymouth(P), Saturn(8), Toyota(T), VW(V), Volvo(V).

 

3rd character- Identifies vehicle type or manufacturing division.

 

4th to 8th characters- VDS - Vehicle Descriptor Section. These 5 characters occupy positions 4 through 8 of the VIN and may be used by the manufacturer to identify attributes of the vehicle. Identifies vehicle features such as body style, engine type, model, series, etc.

 

9th Character - The check digit "character or digit 9" in the sequence of a vehicle identification number (VIN) built beginning with model year 1981 (when the 17 character digit format was established) can best be described as identifying the VIN accuracy.

 

A check digit shall be part of each vin (since 1981) and shall appear in position

nine (9) of the VIN on the vehicle and on any transfer documents containing

the vin prepared by the manufacturer to be given to the first owner for purposes

other than resale. Thus, the vins of any two vehicles manufactured within a 30

year period shall not be identical. The check digit means a single number or letter

"x" used to verify the accuracy of the transcription of the vehicle identification

number.

 

After all other characters in the VIN have been determined by the manufacturer

the check digit is calculated by carrying out a mathematical computation

specified. This is based on vin position, sample vin, assigned value code,

weight factor and multiply assigned value times weight factors. The values are added and the total is divided by 11. The remainder is the check digit number.

The correct numeric remainder - zero through nine (0-9) will appear.

However, if the remainder is 10 the letter "X" is used to designate the check

digit value/number.

 

10th character- Identifies the model year. For example: 1988(J), 1989(K), 1990(L), 1991(M), 1992(N), 1993(P), 1994®, 1995(S), 1996(T),

1997(V), 1998(W), 1999(X), 2000(Y)------2001(1), 2002(2), 2003(3)

 

11th character- Identifies the assembly plant for the vehicle.

 

12th to 17th characters- VIS - Vehicle Identifier Section. The last 8 characters of the VIN are used for the identification a of specific vehicle. The last four characters shall always be numeric. Identifies the sequence of the vehicle for production as it rolled off the manufacturers assembly line."

 

http://www.vinguard.org/vin.htm

 

 

 

A = Audi ???

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A = Audi ???

 

"A" can also signify Jaguar. It just depends in what country and/or year the car was manufactured to distinguish between letters that are the same.

 

But here we're just looking at the last five digits for '82-'85 or six digits for '86-'89 which is the production number. So yours would be the 36,843rd Starion produced of whichever year yours is from, if I'm not mistaken.

Edited by Turbo G54B
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