VIN Number decipher please

[Inland RV Center, In]

Originally Posted by JIMandPJ

This is so close to the original request, I hope yall don't mind me tagging on. Could you help out with my VIN number. Its I268-S718-2754. I follow the information up above but it seems I have a few more digits than Pete describes. So whats with the last 4 digits?

I just registered because I'm soon to be the owner of this trailer. I've been lurking in the shadows for a couple of years trying to line out the necessities for owning an airstream (like where to park it and a proper tow vehicle). This is a sweetheart deal but the inside of the trailer will require a lot of work. Its been sitting unocuppied for 5 years or more.
I've been thru a lot of the threads on the forum and I'm really looking forward to refurbishing it. I've followed the Airforums long enough to know you guys really know your stuff and are more than willing to give lots of advise, which I know I will soon need. Thanks in advance guys & gals.
By the way, that guy Andy rocks!

The last four numbers are production code numbers that has nothing to do with the serial number.

Andy

[overlander64]

Greetings Ed!

Originally Posted by BIGED52

Thanks Richard, I knew someone would help me out! I have to do more searching on this trio. The 24 foot has a made for Elmer and Mary Langel or Lancel brass plate by the door. The one that interested me the most was the Argosy that doesn't say the length anywhere on the trailer. Could the ZERO in the 24 foot vin # be an "O" for Ohio? Ed

The Argosy 24 has a fairly logical VIN for a coach late in the model year.

Argosy 24 vin# 24T4V1015

24 = Measurement in Feet (Rounded According to Airstream Method)
T = Center Twin Bed Floorplan
4 = 1974 Model Year
V = Versailles, OH
1015 = Sequential Production Number

I don't have all of my information at hand as I am on the road in Southwest Wisconsin, but if my memory is correct the 1015 is the coach's position within the entire production sequence for Argosy RVs in 1974.

The Argosy 26 VIN also is basically as one would expect for a coach manufactured in the first month of the model year.

Argosy vin# 26D5?0132

26 = Measurement in Feet (Rounded Using The Airstream Method)
D = Center Double Bed Floorplan
5 = 1975 Model Year
? = Production Plant (V=Versailles, OH/S=Cerritos, CA)
0132 = Sequential Production Number (August would be first full month of production for 1975 models).

Kevin

[sempi2]

Originally Posted by Aage

Probably the first character is the letter "I".

International
26'
1968
made in Jackson Center, IL
#175 off the line, twin bed

Maybe. I'm no pro at that.

Right or wrong that is pretty impressive.

[sempi2]

Originally Posted by overlander64

Greetings Ed!




The Argosy 24 has a fairly logical VIN for a coach late in the model year.

Argosy 24 vin# 24T4V1015

24 = Measurement in Feet (Rounded According to Airstream Method)
T = Center Twin Bed Floorplan
4 = 1974 Model Year
V = Versailles, OH
1015 = Sequential Production Number

I don't have all of my information at hand as I am on the road in Southwest Wisconsin, but if my memory is correct the 1015 is the coach's position within the entire production sequence for Argosy RVs in 1974.

The Argosy 26 VIN also is basically as one would expect for a coach manufactured in the first month of the model year.

Argosy vin# 26D5?0132

26 = Measurement in Feet (Rounded Using The Airstream Method)
D = Center Double Bed Floorplan
5 = 1975 Model Year
? = Production Plant (V=Versailles, OH/S=Cerritos, CA)
0132 = Sequential Production Number (August would be first full month of production for 1975 models).

Kevin

Again, pretty impressive.

[Dakota's Dad]

OK, so I could swear I found a chart or flow sheet somewhere to decipher this..

But then here is this active thread with knowledge just all over it, so..

I31-A9J-2485
I get the "international 31 foot" and guess the 2485 is its sequence number. but the A9J ?

but I also have a set of numbers/letters on the top half of the serial number plate that are:

A-153 and what appears to be: OJ .

Thanks for help with the parts I don't understand.

Mark

[Inland RV Center, In]

Originally Posted by Dakota's Dad

OK, so I could swear I found a chart or flow sheet somewhere to decipher this..

But then here is this active thread with knowledge just all over it, so..

I31-A9J-2485
I get the "international 31 foot" and guess the 2485 is its sequence number. but the A9J ?

but I also have a set of numbers/letters on the top half of the serial number plate that are:

A-153 and what appears to be: OJ .

Thanks for help with the parts I don't understand.

Mark

The A9J is part of the serial number.

The "A" is for a center bath twin (if I remember correctly).

The 9 is the year (1979)

The J means it was made in Jackson Center, Ohio.

Andy

[Inland RV Center, In]

Originally Posted by WOLFSDREAMST

Can anyone help with matching a vin number with a WBCCI membership number

This is on unit # I23T4-S1250 A LANDYACHT SAFARI

Also if you have a WBCCI number how do you get history of that rig?
Thanks in advanced to all you knowlegable streamers

WBCCI membership numbers have nothing to do with serial numbers.

The club numbers are assigned to a person, who owns a whatever year and length.

Tracking the history of previous owners is near impossible.

Andy

Andy

[art]

I have an oppertunity to pick up an old girl her # on the tag just left of the door is 04216 its a single axel about 26 ft I didnt have a tape can anyone tell what Im looking at? Im sure its fifties

[wkerfoot]

Originally Posted by art

I have an oppertunity to pick up an old girl her # on the tag just left of the door is 04216 its a single axel about 26 ft I didnt have a tape can anyone tell what Im looking at? Im sure its fifties

Looks like it is a late 1955 Cruiser: 55Cruiser

Bill

[47WeeWind]

Originally Posted by art

I have an oppertunity to pick up an old girl her # on the tag just left of the door is 04216 its a single axel about 26 ft I didnt have a tape can anyone tell what Im looking at? Im sure its fifties

If it is O-4216 (the letter "O" and not a zero "0"), it is a very late 1955 model year 26' Cruiser trailer built in Ohio.