TRD VIN Plates Discussion and Photo Comparison

Heres a list of the cars featured so far (plus a couple of others)

SW200-M001 9806 Works Tuning Showcar/Brochure
SW200-0001 S9808 Red
SW200-0004 T 99 10
SW200-0008 S9810
SW200-0013 09810
SW020-0014 S9812
SW200-0015 S9812
SW200-0018 0 99 01
SW200-0021 F9902
SW200-0027 S9905
SW200-0035 S 99 11
SW200-037     S0008
SW210-039 0105

Suddenly dawned on me that the 2nd number is most probably a date stamp so when re-ordered by date  2 cars stand out as curiosities ie. the red duplicate No. 0001 and No. 0004 which has an "out of order" build date (which TBH I have doubts about anyway).  I'm also a bit dubious about No. 039 not just because the number is only 3 digits but it is missing the factory designation letter and generally the VIN plate just seems a bit too DIY compared with others.  

The letter before the date eg. "S" before 9810 in "SW200-0008 S9810" indicates which factory of the 5 factories made the car ie. (F)ukagawa, (O)gikubo, (S)hibaura, (T)ama or , (M)orooka factory.  All the factories are in Tokyo, capital city of Japan except Morooka which is in in Kanagawa.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Model	Serial #	Factory	Year	Month	Comments
SW200	001	Morooka	1998	06	Works Tuning Showcar/Brochure
SW200	0001	Shibaura	1998	08	UK Red
SW200	0008	Shibaura	1998	10
SW200	0013	Ogikubo	1998	10
SW200	0013	Ogikubo	1998	10
SW200	0014	Shibaura	1998	12
SW200	0018	Ogikubo	1999	01
SW200	0021	Fukagawa	1999	02
SW200	0027	Shibaura	1999	05
SW200	0004	Tama	1999	10	Out of sequence
SW200	0035	Shibaura	1999	11
SW200	037	Shibaura	2000	08
SW210	039		2001	05

According to TRD for first 2 years, they made 36 cars which were given a VIN plate then some customers asked them to convert their car and VIN plate was given to them too. However, there is no record after the production of 36 cars so they are not sure how many cars are existing.

Hopefully as more are tracked down any mysteries will be solved! :-)

SW200-M001 9806 Works Tuning Showcar used in Brochure


SW200-0001  9808 UK Red


SW200-0004 T 99 10



SW200-0008 S9810



SW200-0013 09810


SW200-0014 S9812



SW200-0015 S9812



SW200-0018 0 99 01



SW200-0021 F9902



SW200-0027 S9905



SW200-0035 S 99 11



SW200-037     S0008



SW210-039 0105