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dawerks
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 4:57 pm    Post subject: Vin Decoding help, Jan 1956? Reply with quote
My Vin is 163xxx

On technical it says

Jan 165 518

So it it built in Jan 1956? (Is the number listed the 'cutoff' for the month?)
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 5:42 pm    Post subject: Re: Vin Decoding help, Jan 1956? Reply with quote
dawerks wrote:
My Vin is 163xxx

On technical it says

Jan 165 518

So it it built in Jan 1956? (Is the number listed the 'cutoff' for the month?)


Yes, it was built in Jan. 1956. The number listed is the last production number for that month.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 8:28 am    Post subject: Re: Vin Decoding help, Jan 1956? Reply with quote
olliehank47 wrote:
dawerks wrote:
My Vin is 163xxx

On technical it says

Jan 165 518

So it it built in Jan 1956? (Is the number listed the 'cutoff' for the month?)


Yes, it was built in Jan. 1956. The number listed is the last production number for that month.


Thank you!
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Different bus Smile I found the most rust free bus of my life! It came from Arizona and died in Northern Alberta.
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