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My original assumption about the VIN pattern turned out to be incorrect. As Bush once said; "fuzzy math". There is an anomoly where numbers will come up as valid CEs but there is no records for them being built on all the registration record sources available. When I thought I had it figured out earlier I was so excited I hurredly posted. Stupid kid mistake. After further research it turned out not to be valid (doh!). I did however discover a pattern in the control number and was able easily check 20,000 numbers with the specific CE VIN criteria using three VIN search databases (working with computer programmers is wonderful). Over 1000 cars were checked after the last successful validation without any more showing up. A sufficient gap to end the search.
Good news and bad news...
Good news is I have successfully sourced every valid 1993 CE VIN. Bad news is that the series number (number on the plaque) does not necessarily correspond with the actual build number. My assumption is that the cars were not plaqued until they were all built. And possibly not until they arrived on our shores.
The vin for #2 of 325 is an anomoly and does not fit the search criteria (VIN lists it as naturally aspirated). After checking with the owner I was told this was probably a special build for an exec (he checked with Saab corporate). In looking at the numbers, it appears that the first five cars were probably special builds with similar circumstances.
Additionally, the Saab Museum in Trollhatan states that only 314 were built, not 325 as indicated in literature and on the plaques. I was only able to find 314 valid vins after searching 20,000 possible VINs in the CE search criteria range. Seems there must be some extra plaques floating around somewhere.
The list has been posted on the CE registry site.
RANT: Whitesaab, why do you bother with the negative responses. Just because you are not interested doesn't mean that noone on this board is. Why don't you respond to posts where you can have a positive impact--sheesh, get a life.
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