Enter the 17-character VIN of your Austin-Healey to see the factory basics. Free, with no registration.
Look on the dashboard, the driver's door frame or in the registration document.
Type all 17 characters. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN.
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This page decodes the 17-character VIN of an Austin-Healey. It reads the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture straight from the characters, with no registration and no cost. Our version data for the brand is small: one model, the 100, as a Roadster, with model years running from 1953 to 1955.
The decoder does not know a car's accident record, mileage, theft status or owners, because none of that is stored in a VIN. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report.
Pick a Austin-Healey model to see how its VIN works.
A modern VIN has 17 characters, and the letters I, O and Q are never used. Characters 1 to 3 are the WMI, which identifies the manufacturer. Characters 4 to 8 describe the vehicle, character 9 is the check digit, character 10 is the model year, character 11 the plant, and characters 12 to 17 the serial number. The check digit is required in North America, while many European VINs fill that position differently.
For Austin-Healey we have no WMI codes mapped to the brand at the moment, so there is no list of codes or countries to show here. Our list is not complete, so a VIN that starts with other characters is not a problem. It only means that we do not yet link those first three characters to this brand.
The 17-character format applies to cars built since 1981. The model year letters follow from that, starting with B for 1981, so they do not line up with the 1953 to 1955 years in our version data for the 100 Roadster. Keep that in mind when you compare a decoded result with the model years on this page.
Every VIN has six parts. This is what each of them means.
| Part | Characters | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| WMI | 1 to 3 | World manufacturer identifier: who built the vehicle and where |
| VDS | 4 to 8 | Vehicle descriptor: model, body type and engine, as set by the manufacturer |
| Check digit | 9 | Control value that helps confirm the VIN is valid |
| Model year | 10 | Code for the model year |
| Plant | 11 | Code for the assembly plant |
| Serial | 12 to 17 | Production sequence number of this vehicle |
On the driver's side, visible through the windshield.
On a sticker on the door frame or the edge of the door.
Printed in the vehicle registration or title.
Stamped on the firewall or the frame on many models.
A VIN is built from six parts, and each one says something about the vehicle. Our guides explain how to read it and what it can and cannot tell you.
Enter the 17-character VIN and see the factory basics in seconds.
Start with the registration papers, then look for an identification plate or stamped number on the car itself. Check that the number on the car matches the number in the documents, character by character.
The first three characters are the WMI, which identifies the manufacturer and the country. We have no WMI codes mapped to Austin-Healey yet, so we cannot list any here. That reflects the limits of our list, not a fault in your VIN.
In a 17-character VIN the model year is the 10th character. The letter code starts with B for 1981 and the digits 1 to 9 cover 2001 to 2009. Our version data for the Austin-Healey 100 covers 1953 to 1955, which is earlier than the 17-character format, so the letter code does not apply to those years.
It cannot show accidents, mileage, theft records or previous owners, because a VIN does not contain them. It only reads manufacturer, model year and country of manufacture from the characters.
Compare the number on the car with the one in the papers and make sure they agree. Ask for service records and any documents that show the car's past, and have the car inspected in person before you pay.