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Originally Posted by cscmc1
I had a small issue getting my 1980 300D registered in IL. The title came back as a 1998 Mercedes (something about the Euro VIN not fitting the US standard; one or two particular character(s) is supposed to indicate build year), and naturally the state wanted more $ for tax on the car, so I had to have the car inspected by a police officer. Luckily, my neighbor is is a Sheriff's patrolman, and was happy to eyeball the car and confirm it was NOT a 1998 model. I had to really look to find the VIN -- mine had build info in the trunk. I was told that the build DATE would not be found, and sure enough, I never could find any specific evidence that it was a 1980 model.
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According to the standard vin scheme, which I researched some years back, the 10th character indicates the model year, for example
WDBAB30A5BB241292 indicates this is a '81 MB
. In any event they began doing this with the 1980 model year, which was "A" up to 1999 which was "X". Betwene '80 to 2000 these characters were alphabetic, post 2000 the number in this position indicates the model year, for example
WDBSK75F23F059799 indicates this is a '03 MB
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