Citroen ZX 1.9D Elation - build date..?

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Citroen ZX 1.9D Elation - build date..?

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Out of idle curiosity, is the actual date of manufacture encoded in the various numbers on the data plate?
I've just changed the o/s engine mounting and on it was what I take to be a manufacturing date of 19/04/1995. My car was first registered on 12/11/1995, so just wondered if the actual build date could be worked out. 8-)
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Yes, you can get the build date. Somewhere on the car will be the RP number - on a ZX of this age probably stencilled on the OS bulkhead somewhere. This can be converted to the build day using any one of a number of online date converters (google Citroen ORGA calc). Alternatively, post up the VIN, and I'll look it up in service.citroen....
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Many thanks for your reply. I've had a good look around the car and of course there doesn't seem to be any sign of the ORGA number.
I had a look at the website you mentioned and there's nothing obvious for the factory where it was built either. Ho hum.

All I have is a small plate welded to the stiffener bracket for the o/s suspension turret with 3 lines of letters and numbers stamped on it:

NS 06
03556 4
5 111 0538

There are also the letters KJLBR stencilled to the n/s suspension turret which I suspect are the paint/trim codes?

VIN PLATE:
PMAC 0121004V
VF7**************[VIN obfuscated, can be read by forum staff]

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Your car's RPO Code is 06741.
Citroen Service say the warranty start date as 01/01/1990 - but I'm not sure about this - it looks like this may be a generic starting date for a vehicle this old as using the ORGA Calculator the production date comes up as 24/04/1995.
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Marc: Thanks very much for working out the build date. I think I'll now have to name my ZX 'The Queen' 'cos it now has an actual birthday and an official birthday... :)
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Re: Citroen ZX 1.9D Elation - build date..?

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Not sure how accurate this is, but I have a Peugeot DAM number calculator, and putting your DAM in there throws up Monday 24th April 1995 - which might confirm GiveMeABreak's ORGA calculation.
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