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Old Feb 10, 2002 | 11:04 PM
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Who has the oldest FD?

I was just wondering...mine is pretty old.

Mine has a VIN last four digits of 0636...(of course 1993).

It has a build date of: 1/92.

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Old Feb 10, 2002 | 11:35 PM
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I have a build date of 3/92. Brilliant black R-1
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Old Feb 10, 2002 | 11:51 PM
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I'm #796
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 12:01 AM
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3/92, last 4 digits 3449
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 12:55 AM
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Mine is _1564 Build Date 2/92 was first registered in CA 4/92
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 01:52 AM
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On the big list, a guy in Canada has #51 with a 12/91 build date(CYM base model). Haven't heard of anyone lower.
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 07:24 AM
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Originally posted by JspecFD
On the big list, a guy in Canada has #51 with a 12/91 build date(CYM base model). Haven't heard of anyone lower.
Wow!

That is an early one. I wonder what happened to #1-10? If they are still on the road..

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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 08:17 AM
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Mine is a Canadian RX-7 the numer is 15
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 08:18 AM
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P.s. It was sold in the 1992 But it is a '93 :-)
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 08:40 AM
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mine is 36, no wonder everything is always needing to be replaced
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 10:44 AM
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# 219 built date 12/91
cym R1 It also needs every thing replaced
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 10:46 AM
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oops forgot the last 4 digits

#3146 build date 3/92 brilliant black R-1
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 10:51 AM
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Originally posted by Crash
# 219 built date 12/91
cym R1 It also needs every thing replaced
Mine too. It is #636. I have everything wrong..that was found with the "early cars".

My dash is peeling...my bushings are toast...the list never ends..

I was thinking of getting "MNY PIT" for my license plates....


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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 11:18 AM
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Cool Old Seven

My car was the 3020th built in 1992.

I don't have those dash peeling problems.
Is there any other problems the early could have?
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 01:51 PM
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Well, if it's the last 4 digits then I've got you all beaten. My auto VR '93 Touring's last 4 digits are: 0012
How do you determine the date of manufacture? I won't be able to tell until next time I go home if it is something I need to look for on the car, but I'd like to know as much about my car as possible.
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 01:54 PM
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check the driverside door jam sticker. It tells you the build date.
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 03:14 PM
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Originally posted by JONSKI
Well, if it's the last 4 digits then I've got you all beaten. My auto VR '93 Touring's last 4 digits are: 0012
How do you determine the date of manufacture? I won't be able to tell until next time I go home if it is something I need to look for on the car, but I'd like to know as much about my car as possible.
But is the fifth digit a one? There's lots of 93 FD's out there with VIN's over 10,000. My FD is just under 11,000 for reference(late '93)

Still, #12 would be really low! wow! Next time you're home, take a pic of the driver's side door jam and post it. It'll have the VIN and build date listed as well as other info. Being #12, your build date would be 12/91.
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 03:54 PM
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#270 Build date 1/05/92

93 R1
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 05:26 PM
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Originally posted by JspecFD
But is the fifth digit a one? There's lots of 93 FD's out there with VIN's over 10,000. My FD is just under 11,000 for reference(late '93)

Still, #12 would be really low! wow! Next time you're home, take a pic of the driver's side door jam and post it. It'll have the VIN and build date listed as well as other info. Being #12, your build date would be 12/91.
Yeah, there's a 1 there. The whole VIN is:
JM1FD3315P0210012
I'm definitely gonna take insane amounts of photos with my Mavica FD81 when I get back.
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 05:34 PM
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build date 12/91
vin last 5#00092 92nd one built ? R1 with 31k
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 05:39 PM
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build date 12/91
vin last 5#00092 92nd one built ? R1 with 31k
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 05:39 PM
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#1394 here.... Brillant Black '93 Base
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 06:10 PM
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6/92 and just turned 24k. Looks as good as ever!
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 06:18 PM
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Hey since we r talking about vin #, mine say's 998 I know u r looking for low # but I was curious about my vin and was wondering that does this mean mine was next to be a 94 model?
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 10:17 PM
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Here is some info on VIN deciphering.

http://www.scuderiaciriani.com/rx7/VIN.html

The last 6 digits are the seriel number.. I said last 4 because I was looking for older cars....

Your VIN tells you what model year your car is by the year code in it...

For example:

JM1FD3311P0200001

The "P" means 1993. "R" is 1994, "S" is 1995.

Check out the site. It is interesting.

Later,
Patrick
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