Birth of Gen 8 - series 1 - EC5W & EC5A
EC5W & EC5A Series 1, production facts, figures and personal assumption from ASA research…
I got a request for ASA info from a member for data on their legnum, the VIN # they supplied was a very early VIN # in the low EC5W00010??.
As a result of data that ASA produced, it got me thinking and during a flight back from the Gold Coast yesterday, so I started researching ASA database for build info on the EC5W series 1 & EC5A series 1 production runs.
So I’ll break what I’ve found into 2 parts:
Part 1 EC5W production;
Part 2 EC5A production;
Part 3 SUPER VR4 production;
Part 1 EC5W Legnum Production.
Well out of this, a few questions came to mind, this was my pop quiz.
What VIN# was the first Legnum in the production run?
What Legnum model was built first….ST….ST-R….VR4?
When was the first Legnum actually produced?
What colour was the first Legnum
Which came first, the Tiptronic or the 5-Speed Manual?
What trivial data would become apparent from this search of production data?
There was an initial run of 10 Legnum’s which started production somewhere around the 10th of June 1996, Production started with VIN#0000100.
Every one of them was a VR4.
The first Legnum was Hamilton Silver Tiptronic optioned with Red Leather and Moonroof. In fact the first 5 Legnums were Hamilton Silver Tiptronic’s, all with moonroofs but varying trim levels.
VIN#0000106 was a Tiptronic in Pyreness Black with moonroof
VIN#0000107 & 108 were Tiptronic with no moonroof & weird colour coding J9HB (which turned out to be a two tone Black(P) & Dark Grey(P)
VIN#0000109 was Pyreness Black with Sunroof and the first 5 speed Manual Transmission
After the initial run, which I assume was their prototype run for sorting out the assembly line, production stopped.
On or about the 10th of July 1996 production ramped up with a run of 2.5litre 4WD ST 4speed auto legnums, everyone of them was painted Miester Blue equipped with sunroof (not moonroof) with varying internal trimming VIN#’s 0000110 – 0000249.
Then VIN#0000250 is another VR4 tiptronic with another weird colour coding RA2B (which turned out to be a two tone Red(M) & Light Grey(P), it also had a option code of which I haven’t seen before JHE (Anyone know what this is??) but this also throws a strange build date 30th July 1996….. Me thinks maybe all these first VR4’s may have been partially hand assembled off to side of production line while they worked out how to incorporate VR4 production on the line……….
During the run of the next 1250 legnums, 4 more VR4’s were snuck into the production line, remembering this was July 1996, and guess what??? They were all 2.5litre 4WD 4speed Auto Legnums, painted Miester Blue!!!!!!!!!!!
OK have I pricked your interest?????
Guys I need your help,
What do I need…………………….. Any member with an Legnum or Galant, that’s different from the norm, IE a , a ST-R, a SUPER>> or a VR4 that has different Interior Trim, leather, Recaro’s or is a winter spec model, COTY interior, or a sunroof or a moonroof or enkei wheels, basically anything that was factory optioned, I’d really like to hear from you.
Via PM, list your
Body Variant
Last 7 digits of your VIN
Colour
Interior
And additional options.
From this information I’ll be able to then identify what the CODE’s actually are that ASA database throws up, if ASA delivers any unusual results I’ll PM you and let you know any usual information related to your car……….
Once the research is completed I’ll post a Legnum/Galant production information resource, here for general comment and kicking round, once we've completed the back end of Wiki, this document will be added as a Wiki resource ….
Kat
EC5W & EC5A Series 1, production facts, figures and personal assumption from ASA research…
I got a request for ASA info from a member for data on their legnum, the VIN # they supplied was a very early VIN # in the low EC5W00010??.
As a result of data that ASA produced, it got me thinking and during a flight back from the Gold Coast yesterday, so I started researching ASA database for build info on the EC5W series 1 & EC5A series 1 production runs.
So I’ll break what I’ve found into 2 parts:
Part 1 EC5W production;
Part 2 EC5A production;
Part 3 SUPER VR4 production;
Part 1 EC5W Legnum Production.
Well out of this, a few questions came to mind, this was my pop quiz.
What VIN# was the first Legnum in the production run?
What Legnum model was built first….ST….ST-R….VR4?
When was the first Legnum actually produced?
What colour was the first Legnum
Which came first, the Tiptronic or the 5-Speed Manual?
What trivial data would become apparent from this search of production data?
There was an initial run of 10 Legnum’s which started production somewhere around the 10th of June 1996, Production started with VIN#0000100.
Every one of them was a VR4.
The first Legnum was Hamilton Silver Tiptronic optioned with Red Leather and Moonroof. In fact the first 5 Legnums were Hamilton Silver Tiptronic’s, all with moonroofs but varying trim levels.
VIN#0000106 was a Tiptronic in Pyreness Black with moonroof
VIN#0000107 & 108 were Tiptronic with no moonroof & weird colour coding J9HB (which turned out to be a two tone Black(P) & Dark Grey(P)
VIN#0000109 was Pyreness Black with Sunroof and the first 5 speed Manual Transmission
After the initial run, which I assume was their prototype run for sorting out the assembly line, production stopped.
On or about the 10th of July 1996 production ramped up with a run of 2.5litre 4WD ST 4speed auto legnums, everyone of them was painted Miester Blue equipped with sunroof (not moonroof) with varying internal trimming VIN#’s 0000110 – 0000249.
Then VIN#0000250 is another VR4 tiptronic with another weird colour coding RA2B (which turned out to be a two tone Red(M) & Light Grey(P), it also had a option code of which I haven’t seen before JHE (Anyone know what this is??) but this also throws a strange build date 30th July 1996….. Me thinks maybe all these first VR4’s may have been partially hand assembled off to side of production line while they worked out how to incorporate VR4 production on the line……….
During the run of the next 1250 legnums, 4 more VR4’s were snuck into the production line, remembering this was July 1996, and guess what??? They were all 2.5litre 4WD 4speed Auto Legnums, painted Miester Blue!!!!!!!!!!!
OK have I pricked your interest?????
Guys I need your help,
What do I need…………………….. Any member with an Legnum or Galant, that’s different from the norm, IE a , a ST-R, a SUPER>> or a VR4 that has different Interior Trim, leather, Recaro’s or is a winter spec model, COTY interior, or a sunroof or a moonroof or enkei wheels, basically anything that was factory optioned, I’d really like to hear from you.
Via PM, list your
Body Variant
Last 7 digits of your VIN
Colour
Interior
And additional options.
From this information I’ll be able to then identify what the CODE’s actually are that ASA database throws up, if ASA delivers any unusual results I’ll PM you and let you know any usual information related to your car……….
Once the research is completed I’ll post a Legnum/Galant production information resource, here for general comment and kicking round, once we've completed the back end of Wiki, this document will be added as a Wiki resource ….
Kat