BUILD DATE/ order number question

[Moparwedge]

Is there a way to figure out build date from last 7 digits of VIN? My 70 Runner is missing fender tag and no build sheet. It is a ST. Louis built car. thx in advance.

 

[kiwigtx]

Is there a way to figure out build date from last 7 digits of VIN? My 70 Runner is missing fender tag and no build sheet. It is a ST. Louis built car. thx in advance.

Not reliably....actually, not at all.

You need more information to get a build date....can you trace the car to a dealership where it was sold new?

 

[Fran Blacker]

The hard way is to find a car with vin close to yours from the St Louis plant. I found vin from a Belvedere II within 550 cars of mine. It was made the week after mine.

 

[69Coronetrt]

Is there a way to figure out build date from last 7 digits of VIN? My 70 Runner is missing fender tag and no build sheet. It is a ST. Louis built car. thx in advance.

As cars may or may not have been assembled on the actual Scheduled Production Date (SPD) the correct answer is “no”. A car in question may have been built early or delayed a week or two.

However, you can, usually, determine the scheduled date by the last 7 of the VIN if you know how to properly bracket known VINs around a car in question.