Although I have responded to several posts, I thought I should ifinally ntroduce myself as a new member. I have been reading posts on this forum for several months now and finally joined it approximately a month ago.

I am presently driving my 3rd crossfire. I have a classic yellow 2007 Roadster 6 spd. Prior to purchasing this one, I had a 2007 Aero Blue Limited Roadster 6 spd. and before that I had a 2005 SSB Limited Roadster Auto.

So far (other then when someone sliced the top on the Aero Blue Roadster), I have not had any problems, but from reading these posts I have learned a lot about things to be aware of it. Some great information in this forum.

A couple of days ago I added a 1965 Plymouth Satellite Convertible with a 1973 440 in it. It looks great and although I haven't driven it much yet, I am looking forward to driving it. I am now trying to decide which one goes to the Woodward Cruise next year.

One thread I see quite often refers to "Build Number". I am assuming that the numbers being posted are part of the VIN, and I guess I have a question about that. When I retired from the automotive industry, a VIN had nothing what so ever to do with a build sequence. We used to have three different numbers. One obviously was the VIN, however the first number assigned to a vehicle was the SO number and if I remember correctly, that had something to do with a Sales Order. After that it was scheduled into production and a VIN was assigned. There was then a BIW sequence number, possible a new sequence number in Paint and an official sequence number was assigned when the vehicle entered the trim shop. Some of the older facilities assigned a new sequnce number when the car entered the Final Assembly line. These sequence numbers in no way matched a VIN number, so I guess my questions are:

1. Has the process changed since I retired and does the VIN match the "build number" ?

2. Are the build numbers being posted coming from somewhere other than the VIN?

Anyway as I noted before I have learned a lot since I started reading posts in this forum on things such as "how to clean a car, to how to turn in the 13's in the 1/4 mile. I knew the SRT's were quick, but I guess I have just been away from drag racing to long as I had no idea how fast they are.

 

Welcome,

There is no better way to learn about this car while being in good company.

Steve

 

Welcome to the forum. The build number is just the last five digits of the VIN. Enjoy the crossfire and the satellite.

 

A formal introduction deserves a formal welcome

So Welcome to the forum and ownership of your third Crossfire.
Thanks for joining the forum and enjoy #3

Valk- Gary

 

Welcome and thanks for joining us (what took you soooooo long!).
Looking forward to more postings from you.

 

Welcome to the Best Lil XFire Site on the net ! Enjoy your......3rd Xfire ??? You lucky dog !

 

Welcome, I'd love to see some photos of your Plymouth. That's one of my favorite Chrysler "B" bodies.
Having owned 3 Crossfire roadsters, everybody should be asking you questions.

 

Welcome to the forum. Enjoy your 3rd Crossfire you beat me i only had 2.

 

I will post a few pictures of it when I get a chance to take some.

As far as owning three, that means I really like the car, it doesn't mean I know anything about them. With all the knowledge on this forum, I just read and learn from those that do know something about the car. What I read does nothing but impress me and I have learned a lot.

 

I have just posted a few photos of the Satellite.

 

Two words come to mind when looking at that Satellite...Big Pimpin'!

Congrats on the Satellite and on Xfire #3, and welcome to the forum.