1 Made in USA G Made by GM 2 Pontiac Division A Fiero (P-Body) M Sport Coupe 37 NotchbackNotchback R 2.5L L4 (LR8) 0 Check Digit E 1984 P Made in Pontiac, MI 312188 112188 of 136,840 release 2.41
1 Made in USA G Made by GM 2 Pontiac Division A Fiero (P-Body) M Sport Coupe 37 NotchbackNotchback R 2.5L L4 (LR8) 0 Check Digit E 1984 P Made in Pontiac, MI 312188 112188 of 136,840 release 2.41
For future reference, if anyone wants to know the "number" their car is it's pretty easy to figure out. You can even use this to determine what number in ALL Fiero production your car falls into.
The key numbers are the last six digits. They all usually begin with a "2". However - and this thread is a great illustrator because the OP has a 1984 model - when the 100,000 1984 model car was built the sequence rolled over to VIN digits 300,000. However, the reason why all subsequent years will always have a "2" as the sixth to last digit is because after 1984 production never exceeded 100,000 units per year.
For my 1986 GT as example my last digits are 279552. My car is the 79,552nd car built in 1986, and is the 292,763rd Fiero built in total production - 136,840 in 1984, 76,371 in 1985, and then add my 79,552 sequence number for '86.
The key numbers are the last six digits. They all usually begin with a "2". However - and this thread is a great illustrator because the OP has a 1984 model - when the 100,000 1984 model car was built the sequence rolled over to VIN digits 300,000. However, the reason why all subsequent years will always have a "2" as the sixth to last digit is because after 1984 production never exceeded 100,000 units per year.
So three equals one. Why didn't they just switch to one? Or use zero for zero in the first place? I hate craziness like that.
I looked up how many were painted black in 84. According the Paul Vargys' chart 27,400 were painted black
------------------ 1984 White Fiero Sport Coupe (Juliet) in restoration //www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/089093.html 1988 Red Fiero Standard Coupe (Bella) in restoration 1990 Black Buick Reatta (Noir) 2002 White Chevy Impala base(Haylie)
Originally posted by jscott1: So three equals one. Why didn't they just switch to one? Or use zero for zero in the first place? I hate craziness like that.
My somewhat un-educated guess is that probably the reason why the first digit in the last six vin sequence begins with "2" for all years is because it follows two letters. If a "1" would have been placed there, it could have been potentially confused individuals reading the windshield VIN tag as appearing to be a letter "I" ( i ). By using a "2", it's clear that that position is the beginning of the number sequence. Then you can use "3", or even "4", and so on, since those numbers are readily identifiable.
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Originally posted by Dotrenrew: is there any way to find out the date mine was built?
From what I understand, they didn't start painting them black until later in the model year.
That is correct. The only two colors available at start of production in 1983 for the 1984 model year was red and white. That's why you see so many red and white 1984 model cars. Eventually as production increased other colors were made available for 1984.
I believe that you can check the production date on the door sill ID tag. I haven't looked at mine in forever though.
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Looks like mine was born in August of 1984. I wonder when the 84 model year ended production. If mine is #112188 of 136k built in 1984, they must have been working 24-7 to squeeze out 24k more cars before 85 production started.
Initial demand for the Fiero was incredibly high and Pontiac was not prepared for the amount of individuals who wanted to buy the car. I believe eventually the Fiero plant in Pontiac, MI was running four shifts to keep production steady, hence why production increased exponentially through 1984.
I tried it with my vin, Wondering what "2 built in 1988" means
1988 Pontiac Fiero Formula
Engine: 2.8-liter V6 Body: notchback (GM body type 37) Number 4976 of 26401 or 2 built in 1988
1 2 3 Region Country Manufacturer Make 1 G 2 1 = North America 1 = United States G2 = General Motors 2 = Pontiac 4 5 Carline P E Fiero 6 Body type 1 2-door coupe/sedan (GM styles 11,27,37,47,57,97) 7 Restraints 1 manual belts, no airbags 8 Engine 9 2.8-liter V6 MPFI, GM RPO L44 9 Check digit 2 matches 10 Model year J 1988 11 Plant P Pontiac, MI 12 13 14 15 16 17 Manufacturing plant production sequence number 2 0 4 9 7 6 204976
I tried it with my vin, Wondering what "2 built in 1988" means
1988 Pontiac Fiero Formula
Engine: 2.8-liter V6 Body: notchback (GM body type 37) Number 4976 of 26401 or 2 built in 1988
1 2 3 Region Country Manufacturer Make 1 G 2 1 = North America 1 = United States G2 = General Motors 2 = Pontiac 4 5 Carline P E Fiero 6 Body type 1 2-door coupe/sedan (GM styles 11,27,37,47,57,97) 7 Restraints 1 manual belts, no airbags 8 Engine 9 2.8-liter V6 MPFI, GM RPO L44 9 Check digit 2 matches 10 Model year J 1988 11 Plant P Pontiac, MI 12 13 14 15 16 17 Manufacturing plant production sequence number 2 0 4 9 7 6 204976
