VERY VERY Confused - 2008 Bounder 38P
Ok everyone, if you saw my last post around the purchase of this used machine, here is what I have come across. We drove it today, drove wonderfully, but something is wrong....let me know if this mak...
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dougrainer wrote:Because the chassis and coach parts of the MH can be different years.kaydeejay wrote:If true, how did they have 1982 motorhomes on 1979 dodge Class A chassis? Dodge dropped Class A chassis at the 1979 model year but had so many chassis that some Motorhome makers made motorhomes up until the 1982 model year. Where did you get your cut off info? Doug2bzy2c wrote:Not so!
Actually, my old RV was a 99 but built on July 10th, 1998. They told me the end of June is the cut off for the next year.
In fact a VIN year can be two years less one day.
- The VIN year MUST include the calendar year that applies
- It CANNOT cross two January 1sts
A 1999 vehicle could therefore be built at any time between January 2nd 1998 and Dec 31st 1999. So yours built in July '98 slots right into that window.
It's still a 1979 chassis! But it could be titled as an '82 because that's what the Coachbuilder assigned to it on the paperwork.
VIN assignment is dictated by the FEDS. It is what it is.
BTW, part of my job with GM was VIN assignment. Used to be in charge of the systems that generated the numbers. Nothing got calculated until I said so!
So I've BTDT.
Used to have an annual battle with the Sales guys who wanted to pull the next model year build ahead even sooner so they could actually have (say) 2016 vehicles on the dealers lots on January 1st 2015.
I used to tell 'em to get me a letter from Corp Legal Staff or the Feds to say it was OK.
Never happened!
