Jamez 2147483647 Report post Posted December 12, 2008 (edited) Hi im overly bored waking up early this morning and i cant seem to find if the chassis number of my bmw e30 means anything, WBAAA320007436065 is it just a random bunch of letters and numbers? does it represent something like e30 does and you can break it down to factory built ect ect Edited December 12, 2008 by Jamez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 35 Report post Posted December 12, 2008 Yep, it represents the model of car, year, month and place of manufacture, and a host of other info. There is a breakdown somewhere. but you'll have to do a search. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jamez 2147483647 Report post Posted December 12, 2008 (edited) i did a quick search this morning and couldn't find anything, i'll try agian with different key words edit http://www.bmw-z1.com/VIN/VINdecode-e.cgi that tells you everything Edited December 12, 2008 by Jamez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BM WORLD 1283 Report post Posted December 12, 2008 http://bmwfans.info/original/ enter the last 7 digits into this one Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
briancol 3 Report post Posted December 12, 2008 Check out this site at Wikepedia for all you will need to know about VIN numbers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_identification_number Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmw.maniac 1 Report post Posted December 12, 2008 The dealer can bring up the original option list through the chassis number. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blakamin 0 Report post Posted December 13, 2008 (edited) The dealer can bring up the original option list through the chassis number.If they can be bothered...try and ask nicely here and you'll get all your options Edited December 13, 2008 by blakamin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jochen 4 Report post Posted December 13, 2008 Hi im overly bored waking up early this morning and i cant seem to find if the chassis number of my bmw e30 means anything, WBAAA320007436065 is it just a random bunch of letters and numbers? does it represent something like e30 does and you can break it down to factory built ect ect WBAAA320007436065 W = Manufacturing country = Made in Germany B = Make = BMW Germany A = Vehicle Type = Passenger car A = Line = 3-series up to 2001 A = Series = 3-series 3 = Body type = 3-series body 2 = Vehicle type = ?? 0 = Restraint system = Manual seat belts 0 = VIN check digit 0 = Model year = ?? 7 = Assembly plant = ?? 436065 = sequential production number - in yout case this is 1 digit too short I think you left a digit out of the VIN If your VIN = 7436065 then you have a: P E30 2-T 320i M20 ECE 19830200 R M which means: Passenger car E30 2-door 320i M20 motor ECE model Made in 1983 February Right hand drive Manual Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pjay 8 Report post Posted December 14, 2008 Where can i find my chassis number? We had problems finding it during my last wof also. The mechanic got it off the net in the end Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites