Manufacture date etched into frame?
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Manufacture date etched into frame?
So I have read and participated in a few threads about manufacture date. From what I have seen from reading here and researching my own truck, it looks like the manufacture date is a week after the date on the window sticker. While installing air bags on my truck the other day, I noticed a very faint number etched into the frame (I think it's the frame). If you look into the gap between the bottom of the tailgate and just above the license plate (just above the top right of the plate) the piece of painted metal set back behind the tailgate had a number etched into it that looked like it was from an old school dot matrix printer. It said A11119 14:14. It just so happens that 1/11/19 is when my truck was assembled. So I am wondering if this is coincidence or a telltale manufacture date/time (at least for that piece of the truck). Sorry if this has already been discussed.
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Curious what you plan to do with any of this info. Is there some grand scheme planned around exact dates a piece of sheet metal was stamped or what?
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Nothing that exciting. I have just seen a number of folks trying to figure out exactly what day their truck was born. Some people just want to know.
Sorry if this thread bothered you, inconvenienced you, or deprived you of precious bandwidth
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Dunno what your problem is but I hope it's not contagious.
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Again, have a great night.
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I didn't think it mundane, just unusual.
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So I have read and participated in a few threads about manufacture date. From what I have seen from reading here and researching my own truck, it looks like the manufacture date is a week after the date on the window sticker. While installing air bags on my truck the other day, I noticed a very faint number etched into the frame (I think it's the frame). If you look into the gap between the bottom of the tailgate and just above the license plate (just above the top right of the plate) the piece of painted metal set back behind the tailgate had a number etched into it that looked like it was from an old school dot matrix printer. It said A11119 14:14. It just so happens that 1/11/19 is when my truck was assembled. So I am wondering if this is coincidence or a telltale manufacture date/time (at least for that piece of the truck). Sorry if this has already been discussed.
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No need to inspect the frame or body date stamps.