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How do I Determine the Exact Build Date for my Chevrolet?


How do I Determine the Exact Build Date for my Monte Carlo?
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I am trying to determine the build date of my 1988 Monte Carlo?

What is the easiest way to find this info?

I have my my package from GM Oshawa but it only includes the build month

It says Dec 87   they were only built for 12 days in Dec 87

I would sure love to know what the build date is.

Thanks,

Carl.



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does it still have the sticker under the trunk lid?

or the one in the door jamb



-- Edited by 68sd on Wednesday 7th of September 2011 10:53:56 PM

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wouldnt it be cool if you sold one of the first new camaros and bought one of the last Monte Carlos?

looks like your close to the end ,was the last one Silver?

also its cool that the last G body was a grand national vined a 1987

but the last Monte built just before it was a 1988



-- Edited by 68sd on Wednesday 7th of September 2011 11:03:41 PM

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I always thought the GM docs gave that info. Strange......

I will check tomorrow if I have that info in my computer at work. I know for many of the model years I have production day listed but maybe not that far back.

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Carl Have you tried this site? They say they go back to 1980. Works well on newer stuff, lists all RPO codes and how many and build date.

http://www.compnine.com/vid.php

They only allow 1 free search a day now, used to be 5.



-- Edited by DANO65 on Thursday 8th of September 2011 12:51:36 PM

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DANO65 wrote:

Carl Have you tried this site? They say they go back to 1980. Works well on newer stuff, lists all RPO codes and how many and build date.

http://www.compnine.com/vid.php

They only allow 1 free search a day now, used to be 5.




          Thanks wink  I will check it out..........



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Carl Stevenson wrote:

I always thought the GM docs gave that info. Strange......  confuseconfuseconfuseconfuseconfuse



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heres your comp nine info

cool cause it shows option rarity

 

Vehicle: MONTE CARLO

Year: 1988

Build Date: Unk.



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There are 7 1988 MONTE CARLO vehicles (0.446%) matching your exact options list. There are 32 (2.040%) with at least as many options.

My car is really common, why does this indicate that it's rare?

If you parked your car next to one of the hundreds or thousands of similar cars in our database you probably couldn't tell them apart, but that doesn't mean they aren't different.

For example, some may have an RPO listing for the plant in which they were built. If yours was one of only a few that came out of that plant with a given list of options, it would come back as rare. Another car may have all the same options but was built at a different facility and thusly it's considered different.



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Given that comp nine shows build date as Unkown it appears that this information was not recorded at the plant and George has given you what is in the records or at least a best estimate.  Ship dates are usually close to production date, but you don't have that either.

The other curious thing is comp nine shows 1,569 Z49 cars which are Canadian cars. I find it hard to believe that all production went to Canada but then perhaps it means that Pontiac made all the Canadian cars. 

Another thing is if comp nine is free why pay George, the information is the same, maybe he uses that web service. 






-- Edited by 73SC on Friday 9th of September 2011 06:44:37 AM

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And I just tried the GM parts computer, no such luck. Build date is blank.

Sorry Carl.



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