Interesting VIN conflict

[eaglescout526]

1JTBL6511GT000763

 

This VIN is weird. Not in the sense in we can't retrieve its build info but more like date and service date.

 

So this VIN shows a build date of 5/14/87. Yet it bears a GT which is 1986. Ok, could be a special order MJ that was waiting on a piece or two. It comes equipped with the 2.1L Renault. Could've been waiting on the engine if there was a shortage. Or the cargo lamp or the AX5 with bell house it was equipped with, who knows? 

 

here's where the conflict happens:

 

How was it built in May but in service in March? Really strange. Que X-files. 

[jdog]

probably a chrysler screw up, mine only shows a in service date, also says it needs 2 recalls

[eaglescout526]

Could be a Chrysler, could be an AMC screw up. I see those two recalls too. Wonder what the brake booster is about. Shame that the global recall guide actually doesnt have any of the old AMC recalls and early Chrysler ones on file.

[jdog]

attempted to google it but no luck

[eaglescout526]

Figured as much. A lot of stuff from the 80's and 90's Jeeps seems to be lost with time. 

[eaglescout526]

Found another one

 

I think I'm just gonna catalog the odd ducks here and gather some theories. 

[jdog]

i wonder if they switched the build and in service date

[Eagle]

19 hours ago, jdog said:

probably a chrysler screw up, mine only shows a in service date, also says it needs 2 recalls

 

Not Chrysler, AMC.

 

I bought my 1988 Cherokee new. It was delivered, IIRC, in January of 1988. All the paperwork says American Motors. Two or three months later, when I took it back for a warranty issue, the warranty was handled through Chrysler. An 86/87 vehicle was defintely AMC.

[jdog]

19 minutes ago, Eagle said:

 

Not Chrysler, AMC.

 

I bought my 1988 Cherokee new. It was delivered, IIRC, in January of 1988. All the paperwork says American Motors. Two or three months later, when I took it back for a warranty issue, the warranty was handled through Chrysler. An 86/87 vehicle was defintely AMC.

You are correct but we get the  Vin info from Chrysler, what I was saying is Chrysler screwed it up when they inputted the data into their system that they recieved from amc

[Eagle]

3 hours ago, jdog said:

You are correct but we get the  Vin info from Chrysler, what I was saying is Chrysler screwed it up when they inputted the data into their system that they recieved from amc

 

Ah, so. Gotcha.

[gogmorgo]

On 9/6/2020 at 1:59 PM, eaglescout526 said:

Found another one

 

I think I'm just gonna catalog the odd ducks here and gather some theories. 

Build date of 4/20. Why are you surprised something went a bit weird putting in the data?

[eaglescout526]

1 minute ago, gogmorgo said:

Build date of 4/20. Why are you surprised something went a bit weird putting in the data?

Build date says 1986. In service date says 1985. How does a vehicle get put into service before its built? Which is why the theory of Chrysler putting in some data backwards has come up as plausible.