How Close Are Our VIN #'s

[benny240]

Hi every one

[Murph]

Another one for the aussies:

3/74 RS30-000756

[nwcubsman]

listed in my signature

[BuDavid]

Mine has

HLS30 361151

closest relatives has HLS30 366***

should that be wierd?

[seerex]

in signature

[kurtwwalters]

70 (titled as a 71) mfg 4/70 905 red HLS30-003486 all original with AC

[jmark]

HLS 3039468

Mfg 7-71 Red, original, except wheels. My dad bought it new..I was with him when he picked it up from the dealer

Cool. My Dad says he could have bought one. I guess I made up for his mistake!

[26th-Z]

I could be dead wrong but my best guess, the cars are built before the VIN is given to the car. So the car is not given a VIN the second it rolls off the line but at a later time. Our cars could have been built only weeks apart, they sit at the factory lot and get VIN's put on them by a the order they are gotten to not the order of production, then they are shipped to the place they are slated to go to.

To the best of my knowledge, the build date does not necessarily correspond to successive VINs. The car is supposedly given a VIN at the very begining of production and a build date later, after production. That was Alan's explanation. I concur. HLS30-00026 shows a November 1969 build date and HLS30-00027 shows an October build date. And just for kickers, the engine number in 26th is higher than the engine number in 27th. Following the production volume figures that Kats provided some time ago, both 26th and 27th were built in October, but that isn't what the door tag says. I wouldn't put a lot of emphasis on the dead accuracy of the build date.

I'll also comment again that the "titled" date - the date the car was registered - has nothing to do with the construction date of the car. I consider both of my cars 1969s, but 26th wasn't titled until May of 1970.

[deedee]

The Vin On The 74 260z Is Rls30-032381. How Close Am I To Any Of You? Deedee

[kurtwwalters]

My 4/70 HLS30-003486 wasn't registered till 12/71. No idea what the story is there.

[agemeansnothing]

Ask Mr.Camouflage he lives right next to the second one made!!!!

[MarkDixon]

HLS30-42928 Made 09/71 bought in Japan by an Army Sargent. He kep it in Japan for 2 years then had it shipped back to the USA when he returned home. I have his shipping label, plus a hand written letter from Datsun thanking him for his purchase of their 240Z.