Re: Re: Painting fun...NOT!
Hi Everyone!
Now that this "can of worms" is open for discussion once again, I
have a question regarding VIN 106 522 681. Let me get this right, 681st
car built in 1962 ?? If so, considering Amphicars were built for "x"
number of years, wouldn't there be more cars than the 3500 (or whatever
the number is this week) produced? Also, this car had the
black "crinkle" style dash, etc., raised lower lips and chrome vent
trim. It was registered as a 1966, purchased new in early November,
1965. I'm gonna go grind off some undercoating!! Thanks, Gary.
> Dan,
> Actually, your VIN 100196 means that your car was the 196th car built
in
> 1960. On 6 digit VIN's, the third digit is the year. In your case,
your
> third digit is "0" which means 196"0". Mine on the other hand is VIN
103127
> meaning the 127th car built in 1963.
> That newsletter that John mentioned was the November/December 2001
issue.
> The 2001 issues can be found in the "Members" area of the club web
page at
>
www.amphicar.com
> Please note, however, that there is a typo in that newsletter
issue....a
> rather important typo. In the VIN information article (that John
posted a
> portion of) it states that the year of manufacture on the 9 digit
VIN's is
> indicated by the FIFTH digit. That is incorrect. It should read the
SIXTH
> digit. For instance, Rick Young's car has a VIN of 106521313. That
means
> it is the 313th car built in 1961. (sorry about the typo!)
Basically, to
> create the 9 digit VIN's from the original 6 digit numbers, a "652"
was
> inserted after the second digit. To use Rick's car again as an
> example....his "German" six digit VIN would have been 101313.
> You can read some more interesting VIN info at
>
www.amphicar.net/amphi/vin.html Included also is a great chart that
John
> Bevins put together with some info from the Amphicar Maintenance
Manual!
>
> Good luck as the next stages of your restoration begins!
> Marc Schlemmer.
>
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