VIN No#

[Woodzy]

I cannot find it Now but I remember reading some post about finding out the history of our cars.
Now i've had my car for about 7 years, 1st owner in Australia when imported from Japan.
But not till it started to fall apart 3 months ago, and I was forced to spend 10k on it to freshen her up and fix a few issues that I started to become a forum whore and learn a whole lot about our cars.
Just got her back with assorted mods and everything fixed.

VINs was an interesting topic that I had read I think on the 'Devils' site some months ago.
Well my VIN spun me out.
I have said/assumed my car was a 91' make.
Turns out the car is much older than that.

Am I to believe I have the 623rd GTO ever made.......? THATS FUCKING SWEET if so :)

My VIN:

Build Date: 01/06/90
VIN: Z16A-0000623

Edit: My point, can someone link me to where I can find the info or advise further.. TY kthxbai

[Nappien]

nice :)

what page did you use to search for you car? maybe ill do the same :)

[stealthee]

I don't think anyone has a breakdown of Japanese VIN's so there is no way to be sure.

Your car still may be a 91, build date is not the tell all. I beleive in Japan that a car is given the year of the year it is first titled and registered. In the US (at least for 3s's) the build dates run from June to May. For instance, my car was built in June of 93, so it is a 94 model year.

[Woodzy]

Edited asking for said link to search for such info. I don't know for sure but very curious.

[Woodzy]

Thx doc, hmmm

[Woodzy]

So is there possibly some build that says: 01/06/89.......????? That sounds crazy.

[Woodzy]

Don't burn my bubble either Doc geez, here I was thinkin I was speacial.

Well my Mum says I am anyway.
Your Words can't hurt me

[Woodzy]

Put it this way, the 1st 1000 N0# car roll out of anything is a pretty pricless peice of engineering to salvage in my opinion, and to have a GTO of this Caliber means alot to me and probably the community. I was going to get rid of it, but if I can confirnm this, then i'm keeping it.

[DocWalt]

Who are you talking to? Saying Doc has me so confused.

Here's the story of my old VR-4 (no factory sunroof, black w/ charcoal interior):


Your 1994 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 is one of 1650 that received VIN numbers. Based on the order of the serial numbers, your car was the 1567th out of the 1650 that were made that year.

There is 2 car matching your year and model with a serial number under 100. The cars with the last 6 digits ending less than 100 are most likely kept in a mueseum or used for the final crash/road testing, but CarFax information is generally not available for them. Since this car will probably never be sold or registered, your car is more accurately the 1566th out of the 1649 available. For more information on this, check out The Serial Number Problem

Your car was built in the 3rd week of February 1994. Of the 41753 vehicles made at the Nayoga plant, your car was the 38431st vehicle to be created that year.

There are 164 other cars that were made with both the same interior and exterior color. There are 264 cars with the same exterior color and 775 cars with the same interior color.

Note: The production order is assigned based on the order of the serial number.

Other Numbers
Exactly Identical (*) 19
Mechanically Identical (**) 265
Same Model+Option Package 365
Same Model+Build Date 84
* Model, Interior & Exterior color, Equipment, Chassis
** Model, Equipment, Chassis

[GTOJOE]

Mines older :p car number 445 :D

[mcshooter]

anyone have the link that listed the prodution numbers for the 3000 gt? iam going to apply for collector plates

[JohnnyTurbo]

anyone have the link that listed the prodution numbers for the 3000 gt? iam going to apply for collector platesStow, OhiO? If so you'll need more than the print out of the 3000GT production numbers. I went through the process 2 years ago after several phone calls to the OHIO BMV in Columbus. Our cars are not in the book that the BMV goes by for collectability. The process for newer cars is to prove collectability by way of rareness and or excessive modifications. I was told to send in the production number information, pictures of before and after modifications and copies of receipts totalling in excess of $5000. Did all that and more and my application was approved the day they got it. It is just $5 more a year than regular registration. Oh yeah, you have to provide the VIN for the car you drive on a daily basis on the application and every time you renew the plate registration. I just got plates today, so I got the Ion Red Line done first and then handed the registration back to her when I gave the clerk the info to get VR4 plates.

Starting this year, you can get collector plates renewed at the local registrar office. Prior to this, you could only get your sticker by mail through Columbus.

[mcshooter]

thanks for the info JT i have more than $7000 in mitsu receipts for parts and pictures. i thought it would also be a good idea to show them the production numbers. will they return the reciepts and pictures?

[JohnnyTurbo]

thanks for the info JT i have more than $7000 in mitsu receipts for parts and pictures. i thought it would also be a good idea to show them the production numbers. will they return the reciepts and pictures?
No, send copies of receipts and photographs you don't want back. In my case, I send copies of photos I thought best visually showed How money was spent. Engine bay shots showing before and after with the black stock look verses the polished aluminum look was a no brainer. Along with the printed story of my car, I included a 2 paragraph letter explaining the receipts and where they went, and pointed out my car was 1 of 317 made in 1996, 1 of 10 that were made identical. I ended the letter stating that those numbers were definitely rare and collectible if you look at automobile production numbers in general. Good luck with your application, with our production numbers and the money you said you spent you should have no problem.