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brokefirstday



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strange stamp on chassis
While cleaning my 110's chassis I found a stamp which looks like 0G95 or 0695. It's located on the right side of the chassis behind the front right wheel. Photo attached. Anyone have an idea what this means? I assume this is a reference to the production month/year as it's a 1995. Thanks for any insights.
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Marks Landy



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United Kingdom 1985 Defender 90 200 Tdi SW Java Black
At a guess, the chassis was manufactured June 1995😀
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Marks Landy



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United Kingdom 1985 Defender 90 200 Tdi SW Java Black
https://www.firstfour.co.uk/land-rover-vin
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brokefirstday



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thanks for the link and guess. I checked out several VIN decoders. I couldn't find any that provide the month for the year of production.
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Oldowner



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It is the month and year that GKN built the chassis. It’s stamped on all them usually right hand side in front or behind front bulkhead outrigger. Easy way to tell if vehicle is younger that it is supposed to be ie dodgy Newer vehicle on scrapped older vehicle vin plate.
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brokefirstday



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great thanks for the insights. have you seen this documented anywhere on a website, Wikipedia or something?
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Oldowner



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Nope, but I’ve owned over fifty defenders and worked on a whole lot more and they all have them.
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brokefirstday



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got it, thanks very much for the info!
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If you're looking for when your Land Rover was built try www.vindecoderz.com
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brokefirstday



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yeah I tried several online VIN decoders, but they seem to only provide the production year. from what I've seen none of them indicate the month and year of production.
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VVS210



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Like I said, try using www.vindecoderz.com - I have just done it for a Freelander 2 we have just sold & it confirmed the full date of manufacture Thumbs Up



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Post #838492 20th Jun 2020 11:40am
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brokefirstday



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I appreciate the advice, but for older Defenders that date section is blank. I'm looking at a 1995 VIN.
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Will@LRW



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There's not really any data on build dates before around 1998 LR Workshop
Find a Defender's history and spec: https://defender.lrworkshop.com
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Pacha



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brokefirstday wrote:
yeah I tried several online VIN decoders, but they seem to only provide the production year. from what I've seen none of them indicate the month and year of production.


The chassis stamp is about as close as you will get. Rgds.

Chris
Post #838618 20th Jun 2020 9:43pm
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