John's AMX

[JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Subject: Re: Door Tag Decode Help Needed
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Okay, I found time to look at the VIN. It seems to
check out fine.

A = AMC
4 = 1974
C = auto floor shift
7 = Javelin
9 = two door hard top
7 = Javelin again. Some decoders list only the 7 for
1974, but an 8 for 
the AMX for 1971-73. I'm not sure I have a 74 TSM at
home -- will have 
to check. I used the decoder on www.amxfiles.com,
initially compiled by 
John Rosa... ;> This is apparently the sticky point in
the VIN. 
Z = 401/4V
210373 = the order number, the 210,373rd order
processed by AMC in 
1974. It has nothing to do with production or the
order in which the car 
was built.

Actually I think the order numbers started at 100,000
each year. So this was the 110,373rd car order
received by AMC in the 1974 model year.

Joe Fulton
Salinas, CA