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Post Sun Jan 26, 2014 8:53 pm

Is it possible to find out the build number of my chassis?

I know the build dates of both and I'm not expecting build 001, I'm just curious to know.
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Post Sun Jan 26, 2014 10:24 pm

??????

what car ?
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Post Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:07 am

As I'm posting on a E30 forum i'm obviously asking about a Ford Mondeo. :)
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Post Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:22 pm

Which mundeo ?

LX, ST, Ghia......

Build numbers were only really logged/recorded for special models.

Are you just after which number yours is out of the 2,339,250 (1982/1994) that were produced in total ?
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Post Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:39 pm

kam-325i wrote:Which mundeo ?

LX, ST, Ghia......

Build numbers were only really logged/recorded for special models.

Are you just after which number yours is out of the 2,339,250 (1982/1994) that were produced in total ?
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Post Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:44 pm

Exactly that, is it that difficult a question to answer? is there a way of finding out?

Capri-Rob has 001 RHD touring so it must be possible.

And yes its special because it's 001 but it's still a standard model, so was logged.
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Post Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:14 pm

Is it difficult to answer your question ?........Yes.......

I asked "What Car", Why ?....so I could answer your question.....

Cars like M3's, 320is, Alpina's & 333is, for example, are easy to get the info for, but for "run-o-the-mill" cars like yours and mine, then its a little bit harder to find the information that you require.
I have the build date & time (11/04/1990 @ 7:33 am) for mine, but still cant work out which one it is out of the 2 million+ E30's produced....

The starting point would be to work out in which BWM plant your car was put together...
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Post Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:19 pm

Reaching here, but if it is a B reg then it has to be fairly early (I think Andyboy or BSs325i are the ones to ask) otherwise post up the vin number and let the zone do it's thing
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Post Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:21 pm

Thank you, like yourself i have the build dates and times etc using the build sheet under the rear bench and BMW's ETK to get the delivery options/spec etc..

I just thought it might be possible to narrow it down to the exact number. xxx/2,339,250.
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Post Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:23 pm

trojen wrote:Thank you, like yourself i have the build dates and times etc using the build sheet under the rear bench and BMW's ETK to get the delivery options/spec etc..

I just thought it might be possible to narrow it down to the exact number. xxx/2,339,250.
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Post Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:27 pm

if you mean the Alpina shell in ebay? Defiantly not. 8O
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Post Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:32 pm

Trojen: You could work it out.

You would need to know the first VIN & last VIN, The EXCAT total number produced and the coding BMW used for the VIS part of the VIN number.....
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Post Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:37 pm

kam-325i wrote:Trojen: You could work it out.

You would need to know the first VIN & last VIN, The EXCAT total number produced and the coding BMW used for the VIS part of the VIN number.....
This Makes sense. i know its a long shot but dose anybody know the above?
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