David, Just an FYI from a not too distant relative, VIN...10740 is one of the severe collision damaged Deloreans I have. Not sure if it will ever see VIN...10757 in person again, but if not rebuilt, I'm sure it will live on in one of my refurbed cars or project cars. Although there are variables in VIN assignment, such as early cars taken off the line, converted to RHD and assigned later production VIN's, in general, I think most Delorean owners enjoy finding or at least knowing of Deloreans with a similar VIN to their car(s). I agree with David 100% about getting Knut you VIN and production information. I have forwarded all the information to Knut on all of the Deloreans I own and have refurbished and sold. This really is the best way to reconstruct the history of Delorean production. Later, Rich W. --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum <jtrealty@xxxx>" <jtrealty@xxxx> wrote: > Don't make a big deal out of the coincidence of consecutive vin #'s. > The cars as built were not always built serially although the numbers > were assigned serially. It seems vins were scattered, being shipped in no > particular order to the East coast and the West coast. This is where > Knut's chronology analysis is very important, trying to make sense out > of the production chaos when there are no producution records > available. His analysis can only be as good as the data we can provide > him so I recommend ALL owners register on the DoD with your vin # and > build date and options. Who knows, you may find a consecutive vin # to > your car! > David Teitelbaum > vin 10757 > No known siblings, only distant relatives!