1968 Hamtramck VIN sequence

The VIN series started at 100001 & while VINs were issued for both lines, they ran out of the same pool.

For the 1968 model year, Hamtramck made Darts, Barracudas, Valiants & Chargers. Their actual builds were all mixed up on the line.

People often assume that these cars were made in VIN order, Hamtramck has a great way to disprove this.

With two separate assembly lines, one side would have had to have done all odd numbers & one side all even numbers & then each build carefully timed so they actually were completed one after the other.

It just did not happen that way.

I have a copy of the broadcast sheet for the very first build started on assembly line 1 for the 1970 model year & its VIN ends in 100052, so right there they started 51 VINs in the hole.

Multiple factors could delay a cars build, parts did not arrive from vendors, etc.