I think there is absolutely no credible evidence that says a VIN 101221 was
built in 1961. By that logic the Amphi corp could only limit their yearly
output to 1000 cars otherwise they would defeat their own numbering scheme. I
still say They just numbered then sequentially. Look at the transmissions, They
are sequential. Also I don't believe the bit about VIN's being stamped at
various times by dealers. I can say without reservation that the numbers on
mine were all stamped at the same time by the same tool!

Gary Schulz

-----Original Message-----
From: John [mailto:isettajohn@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 10:08 PM
To: amphicar-lovers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [amphicar-lovers] Re: VIN vs YEAR


--- In amphicar-lovers@y..., Ren? Pohl wrote:
> Yes, in the 9 digit US number it is certainly the 6th digit giving
the year of manufacture. So it is a 1964 in this case.
> Anyway in the 6 digit number it is the 3rd digit telling the year of
> production.
> Important: Keep in mind that most cars were sold sometimes years
later after
> production and that NO car was built later than
1965.

******** I've been reading the posts on the side hoping to learn
something here but only wind up more confused than before. I own two
Amphi's and wonder about the year/vin thing. The first one is 101221
which is titled as a 63. According to the posts here I'll buy that it
was built in 61 if the third digit says so. However the second car I
have is a one owner, driven one season car and parked with 974
original miles. Its vin is 106522387 which the people here say is a
62 according to the 6th digit. This I dont believe - sorry. Am I
wrong? JW *****



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