There used to be a chart where you could use the VIN to determine the order of production for your S2k. Any help? Thanks

 

if you had a 99/00 it was basically the end of your vin.

 

VIN number S2000

1. J (manufactured, Japan)

2. H (manufacturer, Honda)

3. M (passenger car, made in Japan)

4-6. AP1/AP2 (engine)

7. 1 (coupe + manual transmission)

8. 4 (grade)

9. Check digit

10. Y, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (model year, y=2000, 1=2001, etc) <-----------

11. T, S (manufacturing plant, T=Tochigi, S=Suzuka)

12-17. Production Number

 

Would be neat to know the exact date the car came off the assembly line and out of final inspection but the Production Number in the VIN does not indicate the sequence the car was produced or the date. There's a date on the white data sticker in the drivers door jam but it's no more specific than the month and year. The sticker goes on near or when the car comes off the assembly line, long after the VIN was stamped on the firewall.

Consider this. The VIN was stamped on the firewall early in the production process -- before the car was painted. Pop the hood/bonnet and you'll notice the stamped VIN has been over-painted. Manufacturing efficiency would run them thru the paint shop in color batches; paint a bunch of black cars before changing the line over to another color, then run them thru the remaining manufacturing process. The Registry is incomplete but a glance notes consecutive VINs are typically the same color. Cars are routinely pulled off the line to make necessary repairs and quality checks which disrupts them from any rigid production sequence.

My VIN ends with 421 but there's no assurance it came off the assembly line between 420 and 422.

-- Chuck