farna@xxxxxxx wrote: Subject: Re: Door Tag Decode Help Needed To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <ADVANCES622UYdGAlu9000002ab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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