Does the chassis number represent anything?

[Jamez 2147483647]

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

[bravo 34]

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.

[Jamez 2147483647]

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

[BM WORLD 1265]

http://bmwfans.info/original/

enter the last 7 digits into this one

[briancol 3]

Check out this site at Wikepedia for all you will need to know about VIN numbers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_identification_number

[bmw.maniac 1]

The dealer can bring up the original option list through the chassis number.

[blakamin 0]

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

[jochen 4]

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

[pjay 8]

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