VIN patterns under 197

6 vehicles carry a VIN starting with 197 that the manufacturer's filing does not cover. Each row below is one undecoded pattern: the first eight characters of the VIN plus its model-year code.

Undecoded patterns

  • 1973MUST N 1 vehicle
  • 19700000 X 1 vehicle
  • 1971XXXX 1 1 vehicle
  • 1976911S A 1 vehicle
  • 1971CHEV L 1 vehicle
  • 19721972 9 1 vehicle

A pattern leaves this list the night after the manufacturer's filing catches up — it gets its own build sheet then. This page stays either way.