Read my link, then read this thread and you will better understand what I am talking about, someone replied that my Jeep was build in 1963/4 during a certain time of year, yet the link I posted says my Jeep is a 1965 CJ5. " It wasn't uncommon back then to title a vehicle as the year it was purchased, that doesn't make it a different model year vehicle." I have a picture of the Jeep from the day it was delivered and I even saw the original purchase receipt which had the window listed That was the point of the post, the accepted VIN decoder seems to be wrong fairly often, I was seeing if that was other people's experience.Īs far as the research about what options you could get did you realize that in 1965 you could get a CJ5 with a split window such as those used in Military Jeeps of that year? I sure didn't but I confirmed this afternoon that mine did in fact come from the factory with that windshield on it. If you look at the link I posted it does in fact list some of those options by year but as I pointed out it does not seem to work at all for my Jeep.
I have seen people claim they can tell you what options your Jeep had using just the VIN The CJ3B page is where the earliest month of manufacture information comes from.Ĭlick to expand.Zoomer I understand how people know what years the windshields changed, ect - that is not what I am talking about at all. I have never found an online VIN decoder or document that can provide the information this forum can provide. We've also accumulated month of manufacture estimates that aren't documented by Willys/Kaiser/AMC. As I said, none of this is indicated in the VIN. Through experience, this group knows when the windshields changed, or when the fuel tank moved to the back, or when there were no front reflectors, hood mounted reflectors or fender mounted marker lights. There were very few "options" back then, and they were not documented in the VIN, only some in the paint and trim tag. Like you said, it probably sat on a sales lot or at some time the title got an error in it.Ī lot of research is how the people here can provide some of this info. It wasn't uncommon back then to title a vehicle as the year it was purchased, that doesn't make it a different model year vehicle. You have a 10 digit VIN and what I showed you is all the information contained in the VIN, there is no more. Nothing else like color, interior, windshield configuration or anything else. About the only additional information provided by the additional digits is right/left hand drive or F4/V6.
#1978 jeep vin decoder serial numbers
It is also woefully incomplete regarding the starting and ending serial numbers for each model. That "decoder" you linked does not recognize the fact that Jeep VINs of this era can consist of 10, 11 or 13 digits. The CJ3B page is where the earliest month of manufacture information comes from. Click to expand.A lot of research is how the people here can provide some of this info.