Vin

[zapcan59]

Hi, I was checking out my VIN to see what it would tell me, but it doesn't make sense, from the sight I used, D8E5917xxxx tells me the 8 means it's either a Taxi or a Barracuda?

 

[patrick66]

First off, your VIN is a scramble of numbers and letters in the incorrect order! Your 1968-1980 VIN should read:

First character - Car line
Second character - Price line
Third & fourth characters - Body style
Fifth character - Engine Displacement
Sixth character - Model Year
Seventh character - Build Plant
eighth-thirteenth characters - Sequential Build Number (100001 - up)

Example - DP23H76100036

What car are you trying to decipher the VIN on. Please go and recheck your numbers. That does not correlate to a 1965-earlier VIN sequence, either. A 1965 and earlier look like this:

Example - 425224900

First two characters are make and model. Depending on the years 1962 - 1965, the first character could be a number OR a letter. My example shows a Coronet six-cylinder as the first, and Coronet as the second character. The 5 is 1965. The 2 is Hamtramck, MI. The rest is the sequential number.

First character - Car line
Second character - Model
Third character - Model Year
Fourth Character - Build Plant
Fifth - Eleventh characters - Sequential Build Number

So, in 1965, your D8 would be a Polara V8 Taxi. Is that what you have?

I'll clue you in on something - MOST of those "VIN decoding web sites" SUCK and are terribly inaccurate. MOST...

 

[MrMoparCHP]

1. I'm not sure but that doesn't look like a proper VIN (65?) Typo?

2. Could it be a Taxi?


Alan

 

[polara66hardtop]

Are you missing the first four digits? If so, D for 273,8 is year, E is build location. Then six digits consisting of numbers,
IE: BH23D8Exxxxxx. BE23 would be Barracuda Hardtop, etc.

 

[patrick66]

He's providing an eleven-digit number, so assuming that is correct, it's for a 1965-earlier VIN. It still does not conform at all to either format.

But, true, he may have simply omitted the first four, for a '66 - '80 VIN.

 

[zapcan59]

It's a Canadian built 1965 Dodge Monaco Convertible.

 

[patrick66]

OK, so that helps! The "D" is Polara/Monaco/880 V8. The "8" is Convertible. The rest I am doing an educated guess on, so do not take it as gospel...The "E" is a Canada code for 383. The "5" is 1965. The "9" is Windsor, ON. The last six are the sequential build number.

Hope this helps! Perhaps a Canadian forum member can confirm or rebuke what I have mentioned?

 

[zapcan59]

Sorry, I guess it would of made sense to provide as much info as possible, anyway I didn't leave out any numbers & it is a 318 motor. Is there any way to tell the production numbers?

 

[tallhair]

This skit reminds me of the new chest cutter arriving

 

[patrick66]

The two sources I was using do not show a production count at all for US or Canada builds. They were built, obviously, but no numbers are shown. You are probably going to have to contact Chrysler Historical to get the numbers and such. They'll also decode your VIN and send a copy of the IBM card (pre-build sheet) for a fee. Have fun!

http://chryslergroupllc.extra.chrysler.com/company/Heritage/Pages/Historical-Services.aspx