| Re: [GMCnet] Trivia Question [message #322010 is a reply to message #322008] |
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Matt Colie
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Bill Bryant of Sun, 13 August 2017 12:53 not quoted due to length.
While I know that what Bill has posted is accurate, in my experience with the Detroit OEs, there is no reason to expect a VIN to be "serial".
With most Detroit production, the VIN is assigned when the order is placed. It may not have anything to do with the build order. Often builds are delayed for many reasons. A common one is that a specific part is in short supply. (Or, the assembly plant is too busy to deal with engineering orders.)
When I ordered both program and personal vehicle, as soon as the order was accepted, I would be given a VIN and an expected build date. The initial build date was about a joke. One of the program truck builds was supposed to be early in the run and be used as a final validation. It was delayed, and delayed until the build was scheduled in August. I got my manager to cancel the order (and then it went up two bosses above that) because there would no longer be time for a two month long validation before the model year closed.
A build for a personal car was delayed because it was actually a race car in street clothes and they had to hand build part of it. It still came with the ordered VIN.
Matt
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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