Could someone explain this VIN to me?

[UltimateLurker]

Brendan was kind enough to register his car, but I'm a little lost on what each digit means. The VIN is...

JDY7X24TG14000050

1: J = Country of manufacture, Japan
2: D = ?
3: Y = ?
4: 7 = ?
5: X = ?
6: 2 = ?
7: 4 = ?
8: T = ?
9: G = ?
10: 1 = ?
11: 4 = ?
12-17: = Production number

A US-Spec VIN looks like this...

JJ3CC54N1HZ004586, and the explanation...

1: J = Country of manufacture, Japan
2: J = Chrysler, A = Mitsubishi, B = Dodge, P = Plymouth
3: 3 = Passenger Car
4: C = Passive Belt, B = Manual Belt
5: C = Conquest/Starion
6: 5 = Premium
7: 4 = 3-door hatchback
8: N = 2.6 liter
9: 1 = Check Digit, could be any number of digits
10: H = Year (in this case, and '87)
11: Z = Okazaki Plant
12-17: = Production number

Year Codes:

’82 = C
’83 = D
’84 = E
’85 = F
’86 = G
’87 = H
’88 = J
’89 = K
’90 = L

Anyone care to fill in the blanks for me?

[UltimateLurker]

No one has a FSM?

[NXTIME]

Soneone on here posted up a copy of the VIN designations in another thread that discussed VIN's. Try a search, UL. I will see if I can find it later.

[UltimateLurker]

Sorry dude, I had done a search on VIN's and got 1 page full of nothing :(.

[decoy]

[UltimateLurker]

You are so THE MAN!

[jrod82]

Weird, my 11th digit (transmission type) is 1 - and it's 5 speed manual. Maybe it was slightly different for later models.

[SpidersWeb]

VINs varied country to country, and by year. Id go by the chassis code.

Thanks for the doc, Ill save it, put on website
When I get time Ill make a big collection of all this stuff for handy reference on a single page.

Another interesting fact. Neither of my Starions have VIN codes. Both are registered by their chassis codes + chassis number.

[decoy]

don't thank me, thank the person that originally scanned them in :D i just sexed it up. it's what i do... sex stuff up... yeh...