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Old 05-25-2021, 06:25 PM
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Default Help decode vin on my 1968 Tempest Custom

The vin is 235378P263238. I've find this below but the last 6 are don't align with what I've found since the last 6 digits should start with a 6 or a 1 for V8's. Mine has a 350 V8 in it.

1st digit - Division - 2 = Pontiac

2nd & 3rd digits - Series:
33 = Tempest (1965-70)
33 = LeMans T-37 (1971)
35 = Tempest Custom (1965-70)
33 = LeMans (1971)
37 = Tempest LeMans (1965-70)
37 = LeMans Sport (1971)
39 = Tempest Safari (1967-69)
42 = GTO (1966-71)
4th & 5th digits - Body Code:
07 = 2-door sedan (post)
17 = 2-door coupe
27 = 2-door sedan (post)
35 = 4-door wagon, 2 seat
36 = 4-door wagon, 2 seat,
dual action tailgate
37 = 2-door coupe
39 = 4-door coupe
46 = 4-door wagon, 3 seat,
dual action tailgate
67 = 2-door convertible
69 = 4-door sedan

6th digit - Model Year:
5 = 1965
6 = 1966
7 = 1967
8 = 1968
9 = 1969
0 = 1970
1 = 1971
7th digit - Assembly plant:
A = Atlanta, GA
B = Baltimore, MD
C = Southgate, CA
D = Doraville, GA
E = Linden, NJ
G = Framingham, MA
K = Kansas City, MO
P = Pontiac, MI
R= Arlington, TX
U = Lordstown, OH
V = Bloomfield, IL
X = Kansas City, KS
Z = Fremont, CA
1 = Oshava, Ontario Canada

Last 6 digits - Production sequence starting at 600001
at all plants, except V8 models which started at 100001.

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Old 05-25-2021, 06:52 PM
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Rollover to 200,000+. Pontiac plant production was in excess of 199,999 V8s.
Was your car built in the summer of 68?

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Old 05-25-2021, 06:57 PM
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I got it when I was 15 from an estate sale, that was in 1993. I'm not sure if it was built in the summer or not but what you're saying makes sense.

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Build date is on the Fisher Body plate located on the upper left side cowl. First line will begin with a two number, one letter code. Numbers are the month, letter is the week of the month.

ex: 05A = First week of May
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That’s the date the body shell was built.

You’d need the PHS docs for final assembly and invoice dates. If original engine, you can compare those components to these others.

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10,127th 23537 Tempest Body built by Fisher for Pontiac Plant.
163,238th V8 car produced by Pontiac Plant

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10,127th 23537 Tempest Body built by Fisher for Pontiac Plant.
163,238th V8 car produced by Pontiac Plant
I knew the number starts at 100,001. but the math got in the way.

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