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Hi,
Comparing tags on a Sandman currently for sale, the VIN tag reads 8M70RFJxxxxxxJ
The date on the compliance plate is 10/75 but the F above indicates it is a 1976 vehicle? Or was it common for this to happen when getting towards the end of a year?
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F does not signify that the car was built in the 1976 calendar year, it signifies the 1976 MODEL YEAR.
For GM product their 76 model year is from 1/9/75 to the 30/8/76.
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holden change the dates in their tags in september ....or there abouts
so a september built vehicle in 1975 would show the " F " for 1976 " E " for 1975 up to september
yours is october 1975 so is OK
hope I haven't confused you ,,,,
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oh ..I was typing my reply when dr terry responded ..too slow!
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thanks for the info Terry and high voltage. That explains it, I just didn't realise that the model year thing had been going on since then or earlier!
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thanks for the info Terry and high voltage. That explains it, I just didn't realise that the model year thing had been going on since then or earlier!
Yes, the model year thing has been going on for than I know of. In the US, where all their cars are known by their model year & not by a code like EH or HZ or whatever, the release of new models is always around their Autumn. Throughout August & September of each year all of their new models are announced, from all their car makers, the 'Big 3' anyway. For example, in September 1975, all the manufacturers introduce their 1976 model line-up. Every year around the same time they get a model change even if it's not much more than a grille & tail-light change. GM-H have used the model year thing in Australia 'officially' since the intro of the new VIN numbering system in late 1972, but I'm sure it was used internally well before that time. Sometimes they bring out an update 'mid-year' which for car models is April. IIRC, the original Mustang was a 1964 & 1/2 model. I guess one reason is so that all of the work involved in model introduction does't get caught up in Christmas & New Year celebrations. Dr Terry |
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Another reason I've been told from my US colleagues is that they liked to change all the tooling & line assembly jigs over at either end of the summer vacation break, so they can do a lot of it while the line is stopped, instead of trying to line them all up mid-stream, disrupting production, and opening up many more opportunities for things to go wrong.
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