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04-24-2013 02:57 PM |
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Originally Posted by Noob4Life
(Post 886975)
It says 1985 corolla. Would that make it an 85 or an 86?
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AE86 doesn't refer to the year it was manufactured, it refers to the generation of the E chassis (which is corolla). In Japan its called the AE8-6, or AE hachi-roku. The cars just happened to be manufactured during the same years that appear on the chassis code.
As for the Vin #, thats the U.S. VIN, and it has basically nothing to do with where the term AE86 comes from. It never refered to the car's VIN; that refers to the cars chassis code which is stamped on the firewall, much like any other Japanese car (MA70, JZA80, SW20, etc.).
In the U.S., a JT2AE88 VIN just shows that the car came as a GT-S trim, which is the one you'd really want to get (4A-GE, possible factory LSD, 4-wheel disc). The lower trim model SR-5 came with the VIN JT2AE86.
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