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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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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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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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I knew the number starts at 100,001. but the math got in the way.
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