What was the last 3 Door Chassis Number?
06-09-2009, 02:35 PM
#1
What was the last 3 Door Chassis Number?
Continuing on from the latest RS500 thread but without going off topic from it, does anyone know what the last chassis number of all the 3 doors was?
I take it that the higher the number the later on it was built but then it could then have been registered at anytime so even a late built car cold be relatively early registered?
Cheers Rich
I take it that the higher the number the later on it was built but then it could then have been registered at anytime so even a late built car cold be relatively early registered?
Cheers Rich
06-09-2009, 09:41 PM
#5
looking through the 3dr chassis numbers I have and there build dates, it looks like the end numbers are monthly batch numbers rather than an accumulating tally of 3drs, so when they fall into the next build month one of the middle letters of the VIN changes to signify this and the end numbers drop down again
From what I understand the 3drs were built alongside other mainstraim sierras so the end numbers are a total tally of sierras rather than just 3drs for the month
The last batch of 3drs were assembled in Dec 86 and from feedback I have received some went straight on d plates in early 87, where as all the e platers so far were built a month or two earlier but then not registered until August 87
So to answer your question the last one would have a December build but its VIN will be mixed up with a load of other sierra versions so not easy to find unlike the way they numbered the 500s
From what I understand the 3drs were built alongside other mainstraim sierras so the end numbers are a total tally of sierras rather than just 3drs for the month
The last batch of 3drs were assembled in Dec 86 and from feedback I have received some went straight on d plates in early 87, where as all the e platers so far were built a month or two earlier but then not registered until August 87
So to answer your question the last one would have a December build but its VIN will be mixed up with a load of other sierra versions so not easy to find unlike the way they numbered the 500s
06-09-2009, 10:18 PM
#7
First production 3dr was built in Feb 86, (all cars before that were prototypes) they then trickled out until June then went full swing at about 300 cars a month and rising through to December 86.
Most RHD cars were made at the end of the run.
found this in a book I have on Sierras
The 3dr used on the Homologation papers for the 3dr is actually on a B plate
Most RHD cars were made at the end of the run.
found this in a book I have on Sierras
The 3dr used on the Homologation papers for the 3dr is actually on a B plate
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06-09-2009, 10:27 PM
#9
First production 3dr was built in Feb 86, (all cars before that were prototypes) they then trickled out until June then went full swing at about 300 cars a month and rising through to December 86.
Most RHD cars were made at the end of the run.
found this in a book I have on Sierras
The 3dr used on the Homologation papers for the 3dr is actually on a B plate
Most RHD cars were made at the end of the run.
found this in a book I have on Sierras
The 3dr used on the Homologation papers for the 3dr is actually on a B plate
does that make all the replicas on a b plate the possible prototype lol
cheers james
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