1973 VIN- Please help narrow down DOM...

I'm trying to narrow down when in the year my CJ-5 was manufactured. If you have a 1973 could you please tell me the month of your manufacture?

J3F835TH46001

Dana

 

heres a link to u can check out all ur vins from 68 to 86 any way

http://www.cjoffroad.com/writeup.asp?WU_ID=13&noAdd=1

 

The sites I've found, including that one, do year but not month. Basically 6001 is the serial number. If someone else has a '73 with serial 6100 built in June, I'd know mine is before June, etc...I'd like to try to narrow it down.

 

Dana, I also have a '73' CJ5. I can give you the VIN breakdown but not the month. Do you want to know the month just for the sake of history or are you looking for a specific time when parts on the jeep may haved changed?

 

i dont no the mounth on mine ether the sticker is gone off the dash

 

Yeah, getting a new firewall plate made. Not a mission critical item I know, but it would be nice. My next step is to try to sweettalk my county commissioner girl into telling me when it was first registered. I'm only the third owner. Today I'll check the engine block and tranny for clues.

 

gl let me no what u find out uve got me curious bout mine lol

 

I'm in the same predicament for my 74. ECJ5 users can add VIN and DOM to their profile and you can search the members list for it also. Maybe someone entered a 73 already?

 

My 73 was manufactuered in January 73 and it ends in 1690. Hope that helps.

 

If ya take a look at this jeep, the dash sticker is intact. send him an email and ask for a pic of the sticker. I have yet to have anyone turn me down. at least he can tell you the build date. if you collect enough of these you will be able to put together a list that will allow you to close in on your date and others.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Jeep...tegoryZ10076QQihZ012QQitemZ220012588204QQrdZ1

 

I have VIN sequence number 74488. My dash sticker was missing but from the build dates on other components I presume it to be built in June of 73. I hope that is of some help to you. Check the build dates on your axle housings (if they haven't been replaced). The build dates between the front and rear axles can be as much as a few weeks different from what I have seen. But at least you will be able to figure that it wasn't built before the latest dates. There are also build dates on your engine and radiator if they are original. There was some discussion on this forum last winter on some of these mentioned dates and their locations. If you post up your build code numbers on your components I can try to decipher them for you. I have to go at the moment right now, but if you need more details on the locations or can't find the threads pertaining to these subjects, let me know and I will try to go into more details.

 

In summary:
Jan 31690
??? 46001 - mine
Mar 52800
Jun 74488

There were just over 30,000 built in '73 from what I've found, so the serial numbers seem weird, but it seems like I can take a good guess that mine was a Valentine's baby...thanks for the folks that helped out!