Born Date

There are many things that can be considered the "build date".

One could be the day that the vehicle was scheduled to begin on the assembly line. that starts in the body shop with building up the sheet metal. This is what I call the "frame date" - the date the car body (& frame) were built.

It usually takes 5-6 hours to get built in the body shop. then it is off to the paint shop. When I was in the assembly plant, it would take approximately one day for a "first time through" vehicle that did not need any "repair" or touch ups after paint.

Then it comes to the assembly line where all of the parts are assembled and the car drives off the final assembly line.

After it gets off the final assembly line, it goes on the finish prep line and then out the "shipping tunnel" into the shipping lot at the plant. this is where the MDH stickers are applied. This could also be considered the "build date" or shipping date.