Why does the '84P at the wrecker have an apr85 build date?

[Deanfun]

One of the cars at a local wrecker i've been peeling parts off of has all the makings of an 84, including non-heated mirrors, non-lighted door handles, and a sunshade on the hatch, yet the door lists the build date as april 1985. Did they really build past-model years that late into the "current" year?

it's also poo brown, supra-encyclopedites - do we have the poo-brown paint code?

[thedjfou]

How does the sunshade look like :D ?

Is it like this ?

http://www.forum-auto.com/uploads/200409/thedjfou_1094047323_white11.jpg

[phrax]

heh. poo brown.
that car was kind enough to donate it's springs.
thought you weren't going there until saturday?
i've been off all week. :D

[AlanG]

See if the door VIN and the Chassis VIN match. If they don't then it is a replacement door. If they do, then the hatch may have been replaced.

AlanG

[Emohawk]

See if the door VIN and the Chassis VIN match. If they don't then it is a replacement door. If they do, then the hatch may have been replaced.

AlanG
While you're dong that you can snag the paint code.
Yay paintspotting!

[Deanfun]

See if the door VIN and the Chassis VIN match. If they don't then it is a replacement door. If they do, then the hatch may have been replaced.

AlanGbut then what of the non-lighted door hinge, assuming the door is original. I'll have to get back there and check one day.