Re: Engine numbers

Posted by Packard Don On 2023/3/17 15:34:52

As stated in other posts, a VIN is still a Vehicle Identification Number even if it isn’t a standardized VIN. Here in California there is no distinction so on older vehicles the VIN could even be the engine number but there is a distinction between the build year and the model year. As a licensed VIN verifier, I need to be able to state definitively why the year is what is on the documentation which, on later Packards, is easy but no so on many makes where I have to research and sift through serial number charts.