Vin Decode

Anybody know a good source to decode the Vin number on 2002's. Just bought another project and seller was not very helpful. Thx Jim

From bmw2002faq:
http://www.bmw2002faq.com/content/view/13/32/

Model Series Year From To < VIN > VIN # Built
1600 Pre 71 1967 Sep-67 Dec-67 1-560-001 1-562-153 2153
Pre 71 1968 Jan-68 Dec-68 1-562-154 1-567-530 5377
Pre 71 1969 Jan-69 Dec-69 1-567-531 1-570-704 3174
Pre 71 1970 Jan-70 Dec-70 1-570-705 1-572-399 1695
Pre 71 1971 Jan-71 ?-71 1-572-400 1-572-930 531
Pre 71 1971 ?-71 Mar-71 1-572-931 1-573-162 232
Total 1600's 13162
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2002 Pre 71 1967 ?-67 ?-67 1-660-001 1-660-002 2
Pre 71 1968 Feb-68 Dec-68 1-660-003 1-664-491 4489
Pre 71 1969 Jan-69 Dec-69 1-664-492 1-670-881 6390
Pre 71 1970 Jan-70 Dec-70 1-670-882 1-679-260 8379
Pre 71 1971 Jan-71 Jan-71 1-679-261 1-680-000 740
Pre 71 1971 Jan-71 Mar-71 2-570-001 2-572-069 2069
Mod 71 1971 Apr-71 Dec-71 2-572-070 2-580-113 8044
Mod 71 1972 Jan-72 Dec-72 2-580-114 2-587-307 7194
Mod 71 1973 Jan-73 Aug-73 2-587-308 2-593-704 6397
Mod 74 1973 Sep-73 Dec-73 4-220-001 4-221-328 1328
Mod 74 1974 Jan-74 Jul-74 4-221-329 4-230-601 9273
Mod 75 1974 Jul-74 Dec-74 2-360-001 2-362-725 2725
Mod 75 1975 Jan-75 Jul-75 2-362-726 2-367-750 5025
Mod 76 1975 Sep-75 Dec-75 2-370-001 2-377-688 7688
Mod 76 1976 Jan-76 Feb-76 2-337-689 2-380-000 2312
Mod 76 1976 Feb-76 Jul-76 2-740-001 2-745-584 5584
Total 2002's 77639
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2002 Auto Pre 71 1969 May-69 Dec-69 2-530-001 2-532-043 2043
Pre 71 1970 Jan-70 Jun-70 2-532-044 2-532-125 82
Pre 71 1971 ?-71 ?-71 2-532-126 2-532-126 1
Mod 71 1972 Jan-72 Dec-72 2-532-127 2-533-597 1471
Mod 71 1973 Jan-73 Aug-73 2-533-598 2-534-861 1264
Mod 74 1973 Sep-73 Dec-73 4-280-001 4-280-274 274
Mod 74 1974 Jan-74 Jul-74 4-280-275 4-283-429 3155
Mod 75 1974 Aug-74 Dec-74 2-380-001 2-381-396 1396
Mod 75 1975 Jan-75 Jun-75 2-381-397 2-382-692 1296
Mod 76 1975 Sep-75 Dec-75 2-390-001 2-391-107 1107
Mod 76 1976 Jan-76 Jun-76 2-391-108 2-393-292 2185
Total 2002 Auto's 14274
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2002tii Mod 71 1971 Aug-71 Dec-71 2-760-001 2-760-422 422
Mod 71 1972 Jan-72 Dec-72 2-760-423 2-763-219 2797
Mod 71 1973 Jan-73 Aug-73 2-763-220 2-764-521 1302
Mod 74 1973 Sep-73 Dec-73 2-780-001 2-780-794 794
Mod 74 1974 Jan-74 Dec-74 2-780-795 2-782-927 2133
Mod 74 1975 ?-75 ?-75 2-782-928 2-782-928 1
Total 2002tii's 7449 .
Total U.S. 02's 112524

Just type it in at RealOEM.com. It will tell you everything about your car. Model, transmission, month of manufacture, market, etc. It's really cool. Unfortunately, what you will not get is the original paint or upholstery codes.

You will NOT get production numbers, either.

RealOEM does NOT work for the old 7 digit VIN numbers most of the time. BMW started reusing the last 7 digits in their 17 digit VINs in the 80's.

I would guess that would be the older 2002s. My old '74 (#4227915) still comes up right.

Vin

Correct, make sure you choose the archive section

My 71 2002 #2572584 doesn't work here either

My '87 325es comes up in the archive section. It doesn't give location of the plant it was produced at.
Is there any way to figure out which plant it was by the VIN? Would that be listed on the car somewhere?

I happened upon a link today for decoding VIN:
http://www.bmwarchiv.de/vin/bmw-vin-decoder.html

The site claims to be able to give information from 1928 onward. Unfortunately, I get the same results using these two VINs - the lower number has no data, the higher one does.

There is an ISO standard for VIN, starting from the early 1980's. One of the characters tells which plant the car was built in.

BMW started reusing some earlier numbers, so I wouldn't be surprised to see incongruous information if you have really early ones. Yes; the fourth letter indicates the assembly plant; i.e.: WBAD tells you that a 5 Series was built at Dingolfing.