Hi Mine is a 2004 - serial number 1382xx. Anyone have a higher serial number? Say 1383xx? or higher? Just curious. John
Do those numbers actually correspond to production numbers? My car says assembly number 34027 but i never knew exactly what this meant.
The last 7 of the VIN is the chassis number, which is reflective of the production number. My CS is 139605, which is a later car than the OP. 139605 is the 12th from the end of US Stradale production, but who in their right mind looks at those things!
I would say it means you have an early production 360 based on that assembly number. And from looking at your profile that logic seems correct.
Hi The original trouble maker here. The serial number should correspond pretty close to the production number. The production number is an internal thign to Ferrari. A car usually gets its production number when work starts on it. What they are going to build (color, options, etc.) is usually tied to the prodcution number. Back in the old days, the body builders often also had their own prodcution - or job - number. Often these numbers were stamped on some of the parts of the car. When a car is finished, then it gets its official government serial number from which it will the forever (hoperfully) be identified. In todays world of Ferrari 'mass production' serial numbers usually correspond closely to prodcution numbers because almost all of the cars come off the line pretty much in the order the started. The numbers may not be anywhere near the same, but a higher serial number will typically have a higher production number. This was different in the old days when a 330 2+2 and a Superfast that was to be custom built for a special client may have started on the line at about the same time, but the Superfast rolled off the line 6 months later than the 330 2+2.
It means that Ferrari built roughly 22,000 (138xxx - 116xxx) cars between your 2000 360 and my 2004 360. John
I would expect that CS cars would have higher serial numbers because they continued to be made after the normal 360 coupes. So the question remains, Does anyone have a 360 coupe with a higher serial number than 138300?
Oh well - guess I don't have the last one made. It would be kind of cool to know that you have the last one produced though. Thanks for the information.
Hi John, As a crazy but fun hobby, I keep a database with individual data and histories of all Ferraris ever built. I have about 94,000 s/ns in there now, so it sure keeps me busy To your question: I have in my database several 360 Modenas with higher s/ns than 138300 listed. The highest US-model s/n I have is 138415, the highest of all markets that I have is 138516, a Japanese model 360 Modena. The 360 Spider and Challenge Stradale were still being built into s/n 140,XXX, so much longer. However, the s/n itself can´t be used to determine which 360 Modena really was the very last one built, as s/ns / VINs are already assigned to the cars before they enter the production lines. The real sequence of production is shown by the Assembly number, which can be found on a little plaque in the engine department. During several factory visits, I was able to check the s/ns of cars on the assembly lines and there could be up to 1,000 s/ns between two cars that were built directly behind eachother. Then again there might be two or three cars with very close or even sequential s/ns, the next one might again be 300 s/ns off and so on. So let´s say owner A has a 360 Modena with s/n 138414 and owner B has a Modena with s/n 138415. It would seem that owner B has the later car, but only comparing the assembly numbers would show which of the two cars was actually built first. I hope this helped a little. Ciao, Lars T.
Lars & Carbon, I may be mistaken, but I believe the last delivered/built 360/430 and so on has gone to a couple in Florida. I thought he always orders his cars Giallo and has some sort of funky yellow interior with red piping as well. They have been discussed here before.
