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Lurker67 · 06-18-2010, 07:56 AM

All,

My car has made it onto the rail car as of yesterday afternoon.. finally.

So - I've been watching the Ultimate Factories show about once a day (yes... I have issues.. they will pass when the car shows up..)

I noticed the following:

The show was taped in the 7/29/09 time frame (saw computer screen in body shop)

The car on the line that the camera's stopped for a quality check was
VIN: 37187

The car in the paint shop was VIN: 31622

and interestingly - the V8 engine being moved from its cradle to the assembly line was destined for VIN: 32534 which tells me specific engines get married to specific cars (Ok - it is interesting to me..)

These are all assumptions on my part - but it is giving me something to do while I call CSX every 2 hours!

Hylton · 06-18-2010, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Lurker67

and interestingly - the V8 engine being moved from its cradle to the assembly line was destined for VIN: 32534 which tells me specific engines get married to specific cars (Ok - it is interesting to me..)

These are all assumptions on my part - but it is giving me something to do while I call CSX every 2 hours!

No assumption - the VIN is actually assigned to the engine before it starts getting built at the St. Catherines plant. We took a tour of the Martinrea plant where they make the front and rear suspension modules and actually saw car VIN numbers on every unit before they were shipped out to the Oshawa plant. Talk about cool just-in-time inventory!

hypurone · 06-18-2010, 08:34 AM

The stock struts I removed from my car have the VIN# on the part label that is attached to them! First time in all my automotive years (been out of the biz for 10 years now tho) I have ever seen that...

daphatgrant · 06-18-2010, 09:04 AM

Very cool OP

, and don't worry your baby will arrive soon enough and then instead of neglecting everything and sitting on here you'll neglect everything and drive her around

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That's what happened to me anyways

06-18-2010, 07:56 AM	#1
Lurker67 Drives: Toyota Tundra Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Mass Posts: 181	Ulitimate Factories - and the VIN's in it.. All, My car has made it onto the rail car as of yesterday afternoon.. finally. So - I've been watching the Ultimate Factories show about once a day (yes... I have issues.. they will pass when the car shows up..) I noticed the following: The show was taped in the 7/29/09 time frame (saw computer screen in body shop) The car on the line that the camera's stopped for a quality check was VIN: 37187 The car in the paint shop was VIN: 31622 and interestingly - the V8 engine being moved from its cradle to the assembly line was destined for VIN: 32534 which tells me specific engines get married to specific cars (Ok - it is interesting to me..) These are all assumptions on my part - but it is giving me something to do while I call CSX every 2 hours! __________________ Order Number: NXZTB0 - 2LT/RS CGM Auto VIN# 3529 Status: (1100) Preliminary order accepted - May 11, 2010 Status: (2500) Order Preferenced - May 18,2010 Status: (3000) Order Accepted by Production Control - May 20,2010 TPW: 6/14/10 Status: (3300) Order Scheduled for Production - May 26, 2010 Status: (3400) Order Broadcast - June 9, 2010 Status: (3800) Order Produced - June 15, 2010 Status: (4000) Order Available to Ship - June 15, 2010 Status: Finally picked up July 2nd, 2010!

06-18-2010, 08:34 AM	#3
hypurone I'm not totally useless.. Drives: ... Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: ... Posts: 2,008 View My Garage	The stock struts I removed from my car have the VIN# on the part label that is attached to them! First time in all my automotive years (been out of the biz for 10 years now tho) I have ever seen that... __________________ "You were really flyin' when I passed you back there!" - Born on 10/05/09 MyCamaroBuildInfo

06-18-2010, 09:04 AM	#4
daphatgrant June '10 Drives: '10 2SS/RS RJT Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Upstate NY (FingerLakes) Posts: 2,395	Very cool OP , and don't worry your baby will arrive soon enough and then instead of neglecting everything and sitting on here you'll neglect everything and drive her around . That's what happened to me anyways __________________ RJT, 2SS/RS, M6, Black Int, Sunroof. (Click above image to learn about UpstateC5)