chassis-no. starting SABTVR03430....

[Steve_D]

Ferg said:

This 'year' thing.

My VIN states:

10th character = X

11th character = 2

Year of purchase = 2001
Year of SVA = 2003
Age related = 1992

How's that work?

Is this an SABTVRO VIN?
When was the VIN allocated?

Steve

[Ferg]

No it's not, but it's on my kitcar.
It was allocated to the kit in 2001.

[Comadis]

@ferg: how many digits does your vin have? 17?

there the x says 1999....but this wouldnt match with your car...

[Ferg]

SA9LV3300X2011???

The final three digits are the number of Libra that I have. I left them out for security reasons.

[Comadis]

as the 10th digit stays for model year i gues the x (1999) shows when the model was first built...so all Libras from that series will have the "X", even when they have been sold 1 or 2 years later.

[Mr2Mike]

Comadis said:

at the end i believe my car was built 2003 (according to the 3) and the actual owner told me a wrong year (1996), as he bought the car already 2nd hand, not directly from the builder.

Why would the owner would tell you the car is 7 years older than it really is? I honestly don't think you can rely on the VIN number complying to something you found in Wikipedia. The DVLA are notoriously inconsistent when it comes to kit cars.

[Ferg]

Comadis said:

as the 10th digit stays for model year i gues the x (1999) shows when the model was first built...so all Libras from that series will have the "X", even when they have been sold 1 or 2 years later.

Libra launched in '98......

[elwe]

Comadis said:

after 1981 its a "must" to use the standardised VIN...even the DVLA has to follow that rules.

I made up all of my VIN (car registered in 2005). I used only digits so that I only had to buy a set of number stamps, not letters and numbers. Many cars get registered on builder created VINs so I wouldn't get too hung up on particular digits/letters meaning anything.

[Comadis]

again: since 1981 the VIN is standardised, all around europe (and i think even all around the world)..and as registration-instituations in other european countries do not registrate certain kitcars, due to the info they "found" in the VIN, so the 17th digit VIN must "contain" some hidden information.


if you ask e.g. the french registration offices if they can explain you what they found they wont explain you...as its their "secret".

german instituations dont care as they go only for the date of 1st reg.