Posted 2010-08-18 8:06 AM (#123703 - in reply to #123655) Subject: RE: Ponderosa Serial #
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If it is a 17 digit VIN number, the 9th digit from the rear will designate year model. 1980=A, 81=B, and so on with 2000=Y. Letters I, O, Q, U, Z were skipped. In 2001 it changed to a number equaling the year, 01=1 up through 2009. 2010 starts the alphabet again.