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DeeVeeEight
12/3/2007 4:02:16 PM
Thanks PG!
Mine came up as May 10, 1979.
I wonder what I was doing that day?
73shark
12/3/2007 5:15:14 PM
April 9, 1973 which is about right as I picked it up April 17, 1973. Checked the build order that I found in the car and it said 4-10-73.
blknblu68
12/3/2007 6:06:08 PM
this may 4th ol blue is gonna hit the big 40!!!!!
blknblu68
12/3/2007 6:08:18 PM
wow i was still and itch in the old mans pants then!! LOL my vette is 11 months older than me!
Flying Low
12/3/2007 6:30:05 PM
That is a cool site...My 1972 was built on December 22,1971. I was 13, Gone to visit my Granddad for Christmas that year. Thanks for the info.
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1974corvetteowner
12/3/2007 7:16:18 PM
Awsome site My 74 came up as Noverber 23, 1973
C3 Starship
12/3/2007 8:34:51 PM
Feb. 18, 1980
My ex was 1 mo. pregnant with my son.
( was a cold winter

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Texas Jim
12/3/2007 10:22:29 PM
Thanks so much, pg! August 21, 1980 is the date I came up with. (I'm still waiting for the info from the "Bowling Green, Ky. Plant.") I was in my 35th. day of being stationed at Ft. Hood, Texas, as I had left Baumholder, Germany on May 26th., taken leave at home in New York then headed to Texas. Thanks not just for the info on my car, but also for reminding me of the great memories about the care-free days in my mid-twenties.
I do have a question about the "9th. character" in the VIN, the one that has a question mark in it's place on the "birthday site." In my GM Corvette manual, in the breakdown of the VIN, it explains the "9th. character" only as; "check number." Does anyone know what that number is all about?
Thanks again.
1974corvetteowner
12/4/2007 9:32:43 AM
The "check number" is a number used to varify that the vin number is correct and has not be changed The check digit for a VIN is obtained through a number of mathematical steps. Each letter used in a VIN has a corresponding number value, while numbers stay the same. Therefore, the VIN becomes a string of 17 numbers (with a space in the ninth position, where the check digit goes). Each position in the VIN has a weight -- the number of times that digit is multiplied.
jwerkjr
12/4/2007 6:55:49 PM
February 22,1982. My daughter and my Vette born in the same year. What more could a guy ask for ???
Texas Jim
12/5/2007 7:30:16 AM
Thanks 1974CorvetteOwner.
1974corvetteowner
12/5/2007 10:20:38 AM
No problem Texas. If you take some time and search around online you should be able to find a webpage with the numbers to check to see what your correct "check digit" is
Texas Jim
12/6/2007 7:25:51 AM
I received the info from the "bowling Green, Ky. website this morning. They told me that my car was the 4391st. 'Vette produced there. My last four in my VIN is 4391. The "job sequence number" is 03-4391. After all the anticipation on my part thinking that I'd get all this great info from them, this is all I got. As far as "exactly" when my 'Vette was built (shift #) and the date of the last 'Vette MFGd for '81, they said that their archive didn't go back that far. I wonder what they can tell you besides what you can figure out on your own according to your VIN. Seems like a waste of time in writing to them. In the amount of time the plant was open, up to the time my car was built, looks like they did about 18 cars per shift. (if it's a three shift (8 hrs. p/shift) plant). 2.25 cars p/hour. I read somewhere that they average about 15 'Vettes p/ shift also. It was a corvette museum site. I need to look for that one again.
watwheel
12/6/2007 12:12:24 PM
Looks like mine came off the line just before flying low's. Mine was 11/9/71. Way cool site!! I was only in my junior year in high school driving a 69 javelin.
Flying Low
12/6/2007 4:03:53 PM
Has anyone tried to register on this site? I tried once, after filling in all the info, site said it had some problem. wandering if I should try again? Lots of neat info on there! Thanks again.
David
Texas Jim
12/6/2007 5:48:18 PM
Flying Low, I just registered on the site. Filled in the info and clicked save. No problem. Maybe you caught it at a bad time.
Flying Low
12/6/2007 6:09:47 PM
Thanks, I will try again.
Flying Low
12/6/2007 7:18:01 PM
Got it! My hands must of been cold before.
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Texas Jim
12/7/2007 7:48:19 AM
By the way, I really like the "rack" on your "Vette.
Flying Low
12/7/2007 10:22:51 AM
Thanks, Alabama has some strange laws about where to put the child restraints.....But those grandkids sure love the wind in there face
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OldSchool72
12/14/2007 11:27:56 AM
June 27, 1972
Thanks for the link!!
Flying Low
7/24/2008 6:51:11 PM
Try PG''s link, lots of info.
70 canam BB
7/25/2008 1:13:23 PM
mines is july 29th 1970 only 4 days from now thats kinda cool
Hi 70 canam BB, glad you you could trace Vettes your birthday, take a week off and have a party! I was born a Hungarian Gypsy so it was easier to trace the history of my car than my history. I lived in so many states that when I was up north they said you must be from the south, and when we moved to the south thay said you have a Yankee accent?
Well I''m in a little town in the middle of noware now! I don''t care what thay say about NC, they still have the best shine, you''all stop by some day if your ever passin'' thru. PG.
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