I'm told there is a site that help determine your build date and other codes from your VIN. Can any of our members point me to it?
Thanks
Joe

 

http://www.wigglepup.com/RX-7/ref_vin.php

 

thanks for the quick reply. Awesome. Is there anyway I can narrow it down to an exact build date? I'm planning on celebrating my FBs 20th birthday. (2nd owner).

 

You can guestimate it from the yearspan the serial # of your VIN was created. For example I know mine was built in May, 1985 in Hiroshima, Japan

 

If you're lucky, you still have a door jam tag that has the month at least. Mine was built in March of 1982.

 

I have my door jam tag... it says May of '78

Jeff

 

Mine says 10/83, it was one of the last 83's .

~T.J.

 

What is interesting is the vin number only applies to North American cars not the world wide production.

I have an Australian 1985 model, listed as a SA22C, with the number702986 with a tag it was built in 10/84.
the equivalent US number would have been issued in 1982

 

The pre-1981 style VIN on your aussie car is also decoded on http://www.wigglepup.com/RX-7/ref_vin.php Paul

 

my door tag says 3/78, it arrived in the land of opportunity on 5/25/78, and was sold 6/3/78.

 

1980, actually. Probably never at all. My '80 was born in March or May of '80 and it was SA22C-608250. They likely never got up to the 700000's. Beginning in late '80 they switched to the 17-digit "standardized" VIN.

 

bringin back from dead cause the link doesnt work :P
anyone know a site for vin decoding, or the new address for the old one even?

 

http://www.rotorhead.ca/ref_VIN.php