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Peer Oliver Schmidt wrote on Sat, 12 August 2017 20:07My 23's VIN ends with 2572 and starts with 033 telling me it is a 73
23'. Looking at http://gmcmhregistry.com/Trivia.html it is being said
that only 2059 were build in 73.
In this era GM would typically start a production sale able series with vin 0001 and run more or less consecutively to the the last number in that model year. 23 and 26 foot models would be mixed together. They would have built maybe a dozen or so prototypes for early development that would not have had a production type vin. They would have built pilots where the vin began with 0001 and might have built as few as 10 and maybe as many as 25 of this level. Regular production would then commence with 0026 or the appropriate next number. The pilot level vehicles were probably never sold to the public. There is no way they would have built 500 pre production vehicles, they never have for any model.
Please clarify what you mean by the statement your vin begins with "033", it should start with "TZE". The last 8 characters should be 3V102572 if it is a 73. If it's 4V102572 then it's actually a '74.
Chris Geils - Twin Cities / W Wa
1978 26' Kingsley w/ very few mods; PD9040, aux trans cooler, one repaint in stock colors, R134a, Al rad, Alcoas, 54k mi
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