Chassis number and registration year
07-05-05, 08:03 AM
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Chassis number and registration year
Hi All,
I am thinking of buying a RX-7 from a friend. The car is a direct Japanese import and claimed to be a 1995 car. However, the chassis number is FD3S-101305 which is older than those of 92 cars I saw on the internet. The japanese logbook was entered in some dodgy japanese kanchi written by a non-japanese (I am Chinese and used to work for a japanese bank in London). I suspect that my friend might have been a victim of a dodgy importer's handy work.
I wonder if there is a RX-7 guru who knows how to map the chassis number to the actual year of registration.
Many Thanks.
Gilbert
I am thinking of buying a RX-7 from a friend. The car is a direct Japanese import and claimed to be a 1995 car. However, the chassis number is FD3S-101305 which is older than those of 92 cars I saw on the internet. The japanese logbook was entered in some dodgy japanese kanchi written by a non-japanese (I am Chinese and used to work for a japanese bank in London). I suspect that my friend might have been a victim of a dodgy importer's handy work.
I wonder if there is a RX-7 guru who knows how to map the chassis number to the actual year of registration.
Many Thanks.
Gilbert
07-05-05, 10:05 AM
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This is for US models so I'm not sure if this will apply for you (but here it is:
A typical RX-7 VIN looks like: JM1FD3311P0200001
In order, the fields are as follows:
"JM1" "World Manufacturer Identifier" for Mazda
"FD" RX-7 series
"33" body style ("33" = coupe)
"1" "Misc ID field" (1993: "1" = US, "2" = Canada.)
.......................................(1994: "3" = manual seat belts, 2 airbags)
......................................(1995: "3" = manual seat belts, 2 airbags)
"1" "Check Digit" (used to verify that a VIN is not bogus)
(calculated for each car)
"P" year model code (1993 = "P")
.......................................(1994 = "R")
.......................................(1995 = "S")
.......................................(Q was not used)
"0" assembly plant code ("0" = Hiroshima)
"200001" serial number (1993: started with 200001)
.......................................(1994: started with 300001)
.......................................(1995: started with 400001)
In order, the fields are as follows:
"JM1" "World Manufacturer Identifier" for Mazda
"FD" RX-7 series
"33" body style ("33" = coupe)
"1" "Misc ID field" (1993: "1" = US, "2" = Canada.)
.......................................(1994: "3" = manual seat belts, 2 airbags)
......................................(1995: "3" = manual seat belts, 2 airbags)
"1" "Check Digit" (used to verify that a VIN is not bogus)
(calculated for each car)
"P" year model code (1993 = "P")
.......................................(1994 = "R")
.......................................(1995 = "S")
.......................................(Q was not used)
"0" assembly plant code ("0" = Hiroshima)
"200001" serial number (1993: started with 200001)
.......................................(1994: started with 300001)
.......................................(1995: started with 400001)
07-05-05, 10:53 AM
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Thank you to those who are following and taking part in my thread. As it is a direct japanese import, the VIN is in local japanese format and differ from the US format. I am particularly interested to hear from those owners with direct japanese import RX7s.
Many Thanks again.
Many Thanks again.
07-05-05, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by GilbertWu
Thank you to those who are following and taking part in my thread. As it is a direct japanese import, the VIN is in local japanese format and differ from the US format. I am particularly interested to hear from those owners with direct japanese import RX7s.
https://www.rx7club.com/a-105/
07-05-05, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by GilbertWu
I am particularly interested to hear from those owners with direct japanese import RX7s.
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