Can you determine manufacturer age from....

[JVS RX7s]

...........the chassis number on a FD3S?

When exactly were the RB edition cars started in 95?

Thanks in advance people.

[sadgoth]

found this which may help, but it is off a US site:

 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)

[iaint]

Isn\'t that just the US car chassis/VIN numbers?  Mine follows completely different pattern as do all the others I\'ve seen in the UK...

e.g. FD3S107xxxx

[sadgoth]

they must have a similar system for the JDM cars, just trying to find it that\'s the pig!

[JVS RX7s]

Sorry, should have said its for a JDM car

[JVS RX7s]

Ok, i understand the Rz\'s started 93/10, in a limited number so therefore 95 RZ is likeley to be a early 95 as they were coming to the end of the run.... no?

[andrewrx7]

Only roughly:

92-96 FD3s 100000 - 300000
96-98 FD3s 400000
99-00 FD3s 500000
01-02 FD3s 600000

I asked this on one of the Americal sites last year, and was told, that apart from the initial number (1-6 depicting the revision), the rest is dependant on several things, colour, production line etc, such that one that left the production line first may have a higher number than one that left later. In other words, the numbers aren\'t sequential and are not specifically related to date.

That might be wrong, I\'m only repeating what I was told!!

[andrewrx7]

Originally posted by JVS RX7s
Ok, i understand the Rz\'s started 93/10, in a limited number so therefore 95 RZ is likeley to be a early 95 as they were coming to the end of the run.... no?

Have a look here. A very good summary of the models including RZ\'s and production numbers.

http://www.rx7.net.nz/fd-jp-models.html

[JVS RX7s]

Thanks,  its not as clear as i wanted but what can you do....

anything to avoid the SVA

[sadgoth]

this may also be of help a guy on the US site was trying to date his JDM car which he thought was an RB

http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=349824