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Old 02-10-2009, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by johnta1 View Post
Keith, how was the 6 digit CSN derived?
Was it based on Julian date and order on the line?
Just picked out of the air?
Starts at 1 and increments with each vehicle coming out of the body plant?

c) Starts at 0001 and increments with each vehicle coming out of the body shop.

I should add it starts at 0001 with the very first pre-production units in the plant (what we would now call Manufacturing Validation Build - NonSaleable) and increments up through the whole model year. It would then reset at 0001 for the next model year.

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