Wondering about these build numbers...
 

I called Nissan and got my build number, but after looking at this 40th anniversary member list, I am questioning the validity of these build numbers. For example, Nissan told me that the build date on my car was on 1-11-2010 and my build number is #281. If you look at the attached list, you will see members who's cars are built near the same date as mine, but will have build numbers in the 800's or so, while other will be later build dates, but have lower numbers. Seems a bit fishy...

1. Xan (MA, USA)
2. djpathfinder (AB, Canada)
3. Marcus Ryan (Dallas, TX)
4. BoostAddict (NYC, 501797) Build #164
5. Zspeed (VA, USA)
6. adalsky
7. cowzrul (OK, USA, 501843) Build #205
8. Knewrome
9. Rick370z (CA, USA)
10. esfourteen (NY, USA)
11. carbonguy (VA, USA)
12. J-BoneZ (FL, USA, 501844) Build #206
13. D02808045 (Dallas, USA), aka: John
14. BalanBro (NJ, USA)
15. brakedrift12 (VA,USA)
16. Sdb3641 (Houston,TX #501657) Build #24
17. Cunnos (Boston, MA)
18. orpit (Saarbruecken, GERMANY) Euro Build #366
19. Rui Z (Anaheim, CA, VIN #501643) Build #10
20. natepaulus(Mt. Vernon, IL)
21. Thavee, Bangkok, Thailand
22. ColtSeavers (Muc, Germany)
23. Soygen (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) 502438
24. Sprite (Bryan/College Station/Austin, TX)
25. meat99 (CT, USA) - SOLD. Got a GT-R
26. xbigb4ller69z (Orlando, FL)
27. dropped1 (NY, USA) 501737 Build #104
28. Luck (BKK, Thailand)
29. Djohnson1967 (Tucson, AZ)
30. jseter (Atlanta, GA)
31. pompey (pike County, Kentucky)
32. Sickest370(orlando, FL)
33. 2lo (NY)
34. 40th370z(Canada B.C.)
35. theGreatGW(MD)
36. Ridgerunner77(Urbana, Oh)
37. binto100 (Seattle, WA) 501827
38. Lastblueprint (Moreno Valley, CA)
39. seungklee (Upland, CA) #502699
40th. enthuZiast (Raleigh, NC)
41. Drexster (Vancouver, Canada)
42. 40th-z-ri(Smithfield,RI)
43. HtownZ (Houston,TX)
44. Gauchowr (Los Angeles, California)
45. Joka4411 (Baltimore Md) #501967
46. chetubi (Nuremberg, Germany)
47. friedmad (NY, USA)
48. 50ina40 (Severna Park Md.)
49. icearrowx (Omaha, NE)
50. Kalexand (North Pole, AK)
51. Majestik (Melbourne, Australia).
52. Ohyeah (Bangkok, Thailand)
53. bqd15124 (Los Angeles,CA)
54. DarkTiger (San Antonio TX)
55. DarkPath (Williamsburg VA) #502217 Build #522
56. onzedge (Sacramento CA) Build #244
57. Z-chief (San Diego, CA) #501913
58. jscottd (Texas)
59. Mongster (Glendale, CA)
60. jeepersnate (Atlanta, GA) #501704
61. nogoodfella (Woodbridge, VA)
62. joebravo (Dallas, TX)
63. Chris`I (UK, 95/370, quartz) Euro Build #95
64. Krzykanuk (Calgary, AB)
65. 3.7Z (NY,USA)
66. BadFish II (Treasure Coast, FL)
67. UH60Driver (Enterprise, AL) Build #216
68. BG40thZ (Greensboro, NC) #502006
69. CHC (Los Angeles, CA)
70. booboo1343 ( San Antonio, Texas)
71. Jayares (Ft St John, BC)
72. LMBmikeZ (ON,Canada) #502825
73. cperusa (Houston, TX)
74. 370z40 (Los Angeles, CA)
75. Zone (Jacksonville, Il)
76. Superthug (Simpsonville, SC)
77. ChrisFav (San Antonio, Texas)
78. Duxbrit9972 (LI,NY)
79. Cri40 (AL, US)
80. bplourde (MA, US)
81. Firefox (Marysville, MI)
82. SgtHanZo (Chicago, IL)
83. Ktbaker (Norman, OK) Build #143 VIN #501776
84. Stacy001(Las Vegas)
85. tmjohansen (Omaha, NE)
86. Dcastillo (McAllen, TX/Rio Grande Valley)
87. Geoff-R (52/370 - Wales, UK) Euro Build #52
88. Rtrono (Camarillo, Ca)
89. Cuthysmalz2 (Salinas,Ca)
90. Milenko2121 (Ventura, CA) #502154
91. Jimimonet (Southern Indiana) 764/1000 # 502478
92. Ardilla Jon (San Antonio, TX) #358
93. Crashley (San Antonio, TX)
94. Tracker5100 (Dahlgren, VA)
95. MWeber24 (San Diego, CA)
96. Remix (Phoenix, AZ)
97. JGuido(Baldwin,NY)
98. Dean09 (Upper Gwynedd, PA)
99. Nismo42(chattanooga TN)
100. baektiger (Fairfax, VA)
101. optiontrader (San Diego, CA)
102. Hootie (Belcamp, Md) 502539
103. 98intrigue (Clearwater, FL) Build #854, manufactured 2/4/10
104. tazma61 (Southern Cali) #502215
105. Mw65 (Lumberton, TX)
106. xdeslitx (Tujunga, CA)
107. Oxfordlad (Oxford UK) #32 (only 370 in whole of Europe!!!)
108. CT-Z (Baltimore, MD)
109. Kwhite (Alexandria, LA.) Build #431
110. Banjo, Brian Stockport UK
111. Militia (Austin, TX)
112. SUPERSUNSHINE (Denver, CO)
113. SpechtZ (Westchester, NY)
114. igotcabada (Charlotte, NC) Build #287
115. GraphiteZ (Arlington, VA)
116. BrickyardZ (Cincinnati, OH)
117. Kensin0429(palmsprings, CA)
118. JGVILL (LosAngeles, CA) Build No. 969
119. CERBERUSlucid (SoCal)
120. omgz (SoCal)
121. 40thQuartz (Dallas, TX)
122. 370z 40th (Houston, TX) Build #948
123. Skinner (North Brun. N.J. Build #444
124. 6spd, No. 184, Woodlands, Texas
125. dreezy562 , where do i find the number, LBC, cali
126. laricb (NYC, Staten Island)
127. Gezzer, # Redondo Beach, CA
128. Mpanecki - Sparta, NJ
129. Bakseedaa, United Kingdom Black Edition NUMBER 08
130. clg23 Atlanta, GA
131. MBS - Quartz No135
132. zippin (Little Rock, AR)
133. Erik (Netherlands)
134. karotZ (CA, USA)
135. pzero_7 (Dallas, TX)
136. Keithz40th (Alpharetta, GA)
137. Nitrouz (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
138. 40thThree7D (Germantown, MD)
139. BigDriver (New Braunfels, TX)
140. CTKerzzz (Marietta, GA)
141. zzdudaka (Rock Hill, SC) #357
142. Jetlag (Los Angeles, Ca)
143. Kaotic1100 (Racine, WI)
144. younter (Canada,ON)
145. bigdog1250 (San Francisco, CA)
146. Benny95130 (France, Val d'oise)
147. TheGreatOne (Montreal, QC, Canada)
148. MBS (Scarborough England) Black Edition No 135 Quartz
149. TheMistaken (Dover, DE) #614
150. GixxerGirl
151. Wat2win (West Lafayette, IN) Build #971 02/12/2010
152. F4iMerlin (Sterling, VA)
153. AdamPetrasek (Orange County, CA) Build# 0625 / Born January 25, 2010
154. Teddy KGB (Smyrna, GA) Build #124 12/24/2009
155. Reliabilitysk (Palmdale, CA) my dealer had 4 including mine, one still on lot.
156. ScottmanZ (Saint Paul, MN)
157. BigZ (Austin TX)
158. VDMCPA (Wayne, NJ)
159. DJ-of-E (Orange County, CA)
160. car8oy281 (JTRAN STUDIOS of Houston Texas)
161. karamountzos
162. somberlaine (Fairfax, VA) Build #914
163. Iridefast (Ft. Hood , TX)
164. russmanZ34 (Dallas, TX)
165. Nismogizmo (Austin, TX)
166. FunkZ (Cincinnati, OH)
167. Matthino(Aschaffenburg, Germany
168. NicKlein (Minneapolis, MN)
169. moto_italia (Nashville, TN) - Build #426 - 01/15/2010
170. greg370z (Philly, PA) - Build # 850
171. MattP725 (Toms River, NJ)
172. C09 (Toronto, ON)
173. Kizaku (Los Angeles, CA)
174. usmc_nick (Clinton, NJ)
175. JDS3185 (Dallas/Fort Worth, Tx)
176. CKujawa (Chicago, IL)
177. Rad...Z (Ontario, CA)
178. mults (Cleveland, OH)

Here are all the build numbers that have build dates in the list:

#124 12/24/2009
1-11-2010 and my build number is #281
Build #426 - 01/15/2010
Build# 0625 / Born January 25, 2010
#854, manufactured 2/4/10
#971 02/12/2010


It looks kosher to me, no?:tup:

Krzykanuk how did you get a build number? Nissan USA says they don't have access to our information. Nissan Canada said try didn't have a build order just that they had the vins and build dates. So I'm confused as to how you got yours to be #281?? Did you buy an American 40th?

I have also composed my own list to collect the last 4 vin#s and the build #s when available. I have to say I see some irregularities in it to! I will post my findings when I get home from work! I even have some additional vins from members I pmed. The Canadian 40ths where built in between all of the others which is Nissan canadas first lie! They told me they made ours after the fact(the first 1000 for our American brothers).

the 281 is mcarerra71's from his original post. I just copied and pasted. sorry for the confusion.

Np thanks for clarifying

My understanding is that they built 1,000 for Canada and the US and 120 of those went to Canada. A quick look at the VIN versus build number in the list above indicates some correlation; specifically, the higher the VIN, the higher the build number. It looks like build #1 is possibly VIN 501633. I wonder if the European Quartz coloured 40th anniversary cars were built intermixed with the North American ones, so that there are gaps in the sequence of VINs, if you know what I mean. I'll be interested in what your analysis found. I think most of the Canadian ones are A7, while all the US are M6, so the Canadian A7s mave have been on a different production line.

Plotting up build # versus build date from data in the list looks like this:

http://www.the370z.com/members/krzyk...build-rate.jpg

ooohhhhh. i like data and graphs. This should be cool!

From the list compiled by a fellow forum member, you can see how my build number is 291 but then within a few days of my build date, there is another car numbered 426 on Jan 15 and on the same 1-15 there is another build number of 625. It seems as if these numbers are all over the place. I question whether we were just given random numbers?

#124 12/24/2009
1-11-2010 and my build number is #281
Build #426 - 01/15/2010
Build# 0625 / Born January 25, 2010
#854, manufactured 2/4/10
#971 02/12/2010

Correction: I made a mistake with the jan 15th and the Jan 25th date, but even then I cannot see Nissan building almost 200 more 40th anniversary editions during this ten day period.. Doesnt add up.

#124 12/24/2009
1-11-2010 and my build number is #281
Build #426 - 01/15/2010
Build# 0625 / Born January 25, 2010
#854, manufactured 2/4/10
#971 02/12/2010

If they where giving out Random numbers, then there would be no correlation like on the graph. It would be all over the place, instead of a pretty straight line. And if they were building around 20 40th Anniversary's a day they could easy build 200 cars in 10 days.

Build #1 should be 501634 and not 33.

Also, Nissan can easily build 20 Z's a day at the Tochigi plant (20*365 days = 7300 Z's per year). If they couldn't they wouldn't come close to matching the 15,000 Zs they sell a year worldwide.

My build number is 244 and build date is January 8, 2011. This seems to agree with your graph, basically.

Yes, build #1 should be 501634. Apparently I can't add real good.

Revised graph with onzedge's info added (the build rate based on the limited data looks pretty variable):


http://www.the370z.com/members/krzyk...ld-rate-v2.jpg

#3, Build date 12/16/09 (501629)