Forg Were VINs standardised as early as 1963?
No. They used many different schemes over the years, but the year model letter was present consistently from 1963.
Forg Did all Volvos assembled in Oz have a VIN?
Well… they all had a chassis number, then later followed the European style VIN scheme (ISO whatever-it-is) rather than the US-type VIN scheme. All CKD kits kept the year model letter.
Factory codes came later - they were -
0 = Sweden (VKAV) Kalmar
1 = Sweden (VTV/VTM) Torslanda
2 = Belgium (VEC)
3 = Canada (VCV) Halifax I think
4 = Thailand (TSA)
5 = Malaysia (SMA)
6 = Australia
7 = Indonesia
A = Sweden (Uddevalla)
D = Italy (Bertone)
E = Singapore
