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build date

Posted: 2/11/06 8:08pmMessage 1 of 11
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I remember seeing a site that gave the month your vet was buildt according to your vin number, anyone know what the site is
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Posted: 2/11/06 8:57pmMessage 2 of 11
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Its on the top of the forum header under tools ,the VIN decorder

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Posted: 2/11/06 10:14pmMessage 3 of 11
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Look on your trim tag, on the door-hinge pillar. It will give the the day, and the month. This is the day the car is painted, but it would take another day, sometimes two to complete the assembly.

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Posted: 2/12/06 9:49amMessage 4 of 11
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I always thought the trim tag build date was the day the body got set on the frame.
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Posted: 2/12/06 11:26amMessage 5 of 11
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At the point of trim tag installation, the body is painted, but has no wiring, interior, glass, etc. The trim tag date is known as the "body build" date. After paint, the wiring harnesses, interior, and glass is installed, all before the body drop. Depending on the time of day it is painted, it could be dropped on the chassis the same day, or it might be a day or two later. That's why most people use the vin # to narrow down the exact day the car was finished, and rolled off the assy line.
Sometimes, a car body would be damaged on the line, and have to be pulled off, and sent back to the paint booth. This would throw the assy date off even farther. Isn't this fun?

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Posted: 2/12/06 11:41amMessage 6 of 11
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would M08 mean August

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Posted: 2/12/06 12:21pmMessage 7 of 11
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Yes, M is August for your '69
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Posted: 2/12/06 12:45pmMessage 8 of 11
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thank you sir
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Posted: 2/12/06 9:16pmMessage 9 of 11
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found the site I was looking for. The M stands for March. According to what I found, the ending vin number for febuary was 717571 the ending vin number for march was 720543. My vin number is 194679S718415
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Posted: 2/13/06 10:50amMessage 10 of 11
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Joel and Dave are right on the money.  The trim tag date is an alphabetic character and 2 digit number with the alpha character representing the body build month and the 2 digit number as the day.  Generally the build month starts with A=August, B=September, etc but that does vary a little.  The '69 model year had a long run beginning in August of 1968 and ending in December of 1969 so the alpha characters would have been A through Q I believe.  The '70s began production in January of 1970 so that year A=January.

If you're going by VIN number check 'The Corvette Black Book' as I think that lists the ending VIN number for each month.  Mine's out on loan at the moment but I have another book at home that breaks out the VINs by month so I'll look at that also.

If your VIN says March and the trim tag says August something doesn't jive in my mind. 

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