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Recent new owner here, researching car history etc and came across the below guide to explaining vin numbers, posting in case it's of interest to anyone else. It reveals my car's build date was March 1997 and it was the 350th build of the year. First registered 11 April, so they were obviously flying out the door at the time!
VIN Number explanation below.
Position Typical Example Explanation
1 S Northern Europe
2 D Great Britain
3 L (with1&2) TVR Engineering
4 C Cerbera Body Variant
5 A First Variant
6 1 AJP engine Engine variant
7 1 Engine variant 2
8 A AJP Engine Base Engine
9 x Check digit
10 W Year Code See table below
11 B Always B
12 0 Always 0 Not Used
13 0 Always 0
14 1 Sequential build no. for year Thousands
15 2 Sequential build no. for year Hundreds
16 3 Sequential build no. for year Tens
17 4 Sequential build no. for year Units
SDL CA 11Ax WB00 1234 would be the 234rd 4.2 AJP Cerbera built in 1998.
SDL at the beginning of the chassis number is a TVR Unique ID
The next four characters are as follows:
4.2 AJP CERBERA -CAT = FAC2
4.5 AJP CERBERA GT-CAT = FAC5
4.2 AJP CERBERA -NON-CAT = FAN2
4.5 AJP CERBERA GT-NON-CAT = FAN5
The next is a P for Petrol engine
The next is 1-10 or an X, this is an internal check digit that can tell if the chassis number is a genuine one.
The tenth digit is the Year code V=97 T= 96 S=95 etc
The next (11th.) is a month in build code. A=Jan B=Feb etc. Except I
The 12th & 13th are just 0 & 1 not used for any purpose.
The last four digits are the sequential build number for the Year starting at 1000.
SDL FAC5 P x V L 01 1200 (example only) would be a 4.5litre AJP Petrol Engined Cerbera Built around November 1997, the 200th built in 1997.
See table below
SDL FAC2 P 1 to 10 or x T B 01 1234
Unique TVR identifier Vehicle Type Fuel - P=Petrol VIN Verification Digit Manufacturing Year & Month Nothing Particular Sequential Build No.
L 1990 P 1993 T 1996 X 1999 2 2002
M 1991 R 1994 V 1997 Y 2000 3 2003
N 1992 S 1995 W 1998 1 2001 4 2004
Bear in mind that there may be a considerable delay between the month the build started & the vehicle being registered, especially if the vehicle was a cancelled order or a dealer demo.
A JAN D APR G JUL K OCT
B FEB E MAY H AUG L NOV
C MAR F JUN J SEP M DEC
VIN Number explanation below.
Position Typical Example Explanation
1 S Northern Europe
2 D Great Britain
3 L (with1&2) TVR Engineering
4 C Cerbera Body Variant
5 A First Variant
6 1 AJP engine Engine variant
7 1 Engine variant 2
8 A AJP Engine Base Engine
9 x Check digit
10 W Year Code See table below
11 B Always B
12 0 Always 0 Not Used
13 0 Always 0
14 1 Sequential build no. for year Thousands
15 2 Sequential build no. for year Hundreds
16 3 Sequential build no. for year Tens
17 4 Sequential build no. for year Units
SDL CA 11Ax WB00 1234 would be the 234rd 4.2 AJP Cerbera built in 1998.
SDL at the beginning of the chassis number is a TVR Unique ID
The next four characters are as follows:
4.2 AJP CERBERA -CAT = FAC2
4.5 AJP CERBERA GT-CAT = FAC5
4.2 AJP CERBERA -NON-CAT = FAN2
4.5 AJP CERBERA GT-NON-CAT = FAN5
The next is a P for Petrol engine
The next is 1-10 or an X, this is an internal check digit that can tell if the chassis number is a genuine one.
The tenth digit is the Year code V=97 T= 96 S=95 etc
The next (11th.) is a month in build code. A=Jan B=Feb etc. Except I
The 12th & 13th are just 0 & 1 not used for any purpose.
The last four digits are the sequential build number for the Year starting at 1000.
SDL FAC5 P x V L 01 1200 (example only) would be a 4.5litre AJP Petrol Engined Cerbera Built around November 1997, the 200th built in 1997.
See table below
SDL FAC2 P 1 to 10 or x T B 01 1234
Unique TVR identifier Vehicle Type Fuel - P=Petrol VIN Verification Digit Manufacturing Year & Month Nothing Particular Sequential Build No.
L 1990 P 1993 T 1996 X 1999 2 2002
M 1991 R 1994 V 1997 Y 2000 3 2003
N 1992 S 1995 W 1998 1 2001 4 2004
Bear in mind that there may be a considerable delay between the month the build started & the vehicle being registered, especially if the vehicle was a cancelled order or a dealer demo.
A JAN D APR G JUL K OCT
B FEB E MAY H AUG L NOV
C MAR F JUN J SEP M DEC
Edited by tangerinedream on Monday 16th May 15:11
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