OFFICIAL VIN No. CONFIGURATION CHART

NEW - The latest VIN number coding for late '97 on vehicles.

 

Position Typical Example Explanation
1 S Northern Europe
2 D Great Britain
3 L (with1&2) TVR Engineering
4 C Cerbera Body Variant
5 A First Variant
6 1 AJP engine Engine variant
7 1 Engine variant 2
8 A AJP Engine Base Engine
9 x Check digit
10 W Year Code See table below
11 B Always B
12 0 Always 0 Not Used
13 0 Always 0
14 1 Sequential build no. for year Thousands
15 2 Sequential build no. for year Hundreds
16 3 Sequential build no. for year Tens
17 4 Sequential build no. for year Units

SDL CA 11Ax WB00 1234 would be the 234rd 4.2 AJP Cerbera built in 1998.

SDL at the beginning of the chassis number is a TVR Unique ID

The next four characters are as follows:

4.2  AJP CERBERA -CAT  =  FAC2
4.5  AJP CERBERA GT-CAT =  FAC5
4.2  AJP CERBERA -NON-CAT  =  FAN2
4.5  AJP CERBERA GT-NON-CAT  =  FAN5


The next is a  P  for Petrol engine

The next is 1-10 or an X, this is an internal check digit that can tell if the chassis number is a genuine one.

The tenth digit is the Year code V=97 T= 96 S=95 etc

The next (11th.) is a month in build code. A=Jan B=Feb etc. Except I

The 12th & 13th are just 0 & 1 not used for any purpose.

The last four digits are the sequential build number for the Year starting at 1000.


SDL FAC5 P x V L 01 1200 (example only) would be a 4.5litre AJP Petrol Engined Cerbera Built around November 1997, the 200th built in 1997.

 

See table below
SDL FAC2 P 1 to 10 or x T B 01 1234
Unique TVR identifier Vehicle Type Fuel - P=Petrol VIN Verification Digit Manufacturing Year & Month Nothing Particular Sequential Build No.

 

L 1990 P 1993 T 1996 X 1999 2 2002
M 1991 R 1994 V 1997 Y 2000 3 2003
N 1992 S 1995 W 1998 1 2001 4 2004

Bear in mind that there may be a considerable delay between the month the build started & the vehicle being registered, especially if the vehicle was a cancelled order or a dealer demo.

A JAN D APR G JUL K OCT
B FEB E MAY H AUG L NOV
C MAR F JUN J SEP M DEC

 

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