Ferrari Assembly Numbers...

Bueller?????

 

Are you referring to how many units were built within one month or for a selected country? Just a shot in the dark, Carbon.

 

Carb:
I think it links the orders with the VIN. Most manuf use order/Prod # to link to a specific car. Vin is then assigned to the prod #. I would expect the # to have consecutive sequence, likely based on reciept of order, perhaps with some digit specificity to build/options/distrib/etc. for inventory tracking and just-in-time build. Should also tie in computer to paint/upholstery choices, which can alter/delay production. They build in batches, with the sonderwunsche cars slipped in on the fly.
Or, I'm FOS.
Lee

 

Carbon, I was talking with a Ferrari paint guy, and he showed me on a TR where the individual body parts had numbers etched on them. Apparently, the body pieces are hand fitted before painting. The pieces are then put on and "racked" to try and get the panel gaps down.

He said that this is one way that you can tell if a car has been wreaked because the etched numbers will be different or missing. Oh, and BTW, he said that the factory uses a LOT of body filler...

You might want to talk to the body guy at FOA to confirm this.

Take care, Dale

 

Carbon - I think it may have started sooner than that...
By way of example, scroll to bottom of page to see physical evidence;
http://www.tomyang.net/cars/ferrari.html?http://www.tomyang.net/cars/ferrari407.htm
That's Tom Yang's 330 America undergoing restoration. *Here again is the Pininfarina Assembly Number for this car. All Pininfarina parts should be labeled "652" on this car which has The Ferrari Serial Number, "4969."*

That's all well and good. But if you flip back the Ferrari pages of time even further, you'll see that Enzo Ferrari was dealing with Assembly numbers even as he was using Alfa Romeo equipment in mysterious ways...

http://www.dunnetwright.co.uk/projects/alfa/alfa.htm
Read the whole article, but here's the Number portion:
"Other salient Ferrari pointers are as follows...
All this is in the manner of Ferrari-modified Alfa Monzas from 1933 onwards of which Ferrari made several. 813392 has an unusual double-throated induction trumpet, pointing forwards in the manner of the Alfa Tipo 158 (also made by Ferrari).
There was no evidence of the block ever having been damaged and the crankshaft has not been reground. The angled drive mounting from a 6C 2300B is fitted to lower the Bosch distributor. The engine assembly number is 76."

 

As far as I know, the assembly numbers indicate the actual sequence in which the cars are built (= their sequence on the production
line). So, the VIN and serialnumber are assigned when the chassis is made and stamped, while the assembly number is assigned when the car is on the production line.

The assembly number is not related to type, year, country or whatever and is simply sequential. It started with 00001 or so, and now is near 55000.

 

Hey NNO,

whats up with you?
You sounds so sad, woefully & frustrated

Here is a friend in Germany who realy miss you & your posts

I will dedicate my next testarossa drive out to you

Be strong buddy and the sune will shine again for you.

Yours
Wolfgang

P.S. I`ll play the "blues" for you and let the cavallino jump for you

 

I think the story of Edvar is the most correct one since it is already known that the cars are not produced in the s/n order, and they didn't call it assembly number for no reason I can not confirm it since I do not have a lot of assembly numbers.

 

The assembly number is the number assigned to the car as it starts its build process on the production line.


MW

 

I think it is done to see in what order the cars are built. I think the chassis are built in batches, since VINs are seen in batches too. On the productionline there are different cars behind each other, so they used another number for that.