cool thread.
I got #1152
Bringing this back from the dead:
Well unfortunately CarFax has now changed its policy and you can no longer pay to run an unlimited amount of vins My spreadsheet list covers the fate, color and mileage (if stated) for approximately 70% of the Canadian GS-R’s and that’s as complete as it will get. I think I have about 500+ of the 802 made for sale in Canada and only a few hundred of the nearly 4000 made in the states.
Note: It appears as though the single most rare North American GS-R would be a Canadian 1993 Model in Aztec Green. They only made 255 GS-R’s up here in 93 and Black seems to be slightly more rare than the Flint Black Metallic or Milano Red.
Update: I’m able to continue to run VINs again. As of Jan 2015 I’m close to stating numbers of colour for Canadian cars. Please keep the GS-R colours and numbers coming. Most colours show up on the car fax reports but not always so I need all the help I can get.
Wow thats kinda crazy…how many Black GS-R’s were there in 92 from your knowledge?..do you have any clue how many of that 70% you got to go through are still on the road?
#207
I currently own:
Canadian 93’ Aztec Green #41
US 92’ Milano Red #1282
US 92’ (was) Milano Red #2517 …B17 was long gone when I got the car, it came from Texas…perhaps the original B17 is floating around in a civic somewhere in Texas
I now regret selling it, I had a 92’ White GSR #2271 I sold it a few years ago…heard it burned to the ground this past summer because of a bad stereo installation
idk if this helps any but i just found one on craigslist and apparently its in tijuana which is a shame because its probaly abused…
I gots #1472, owned it since 10-23-2005.
1992 Frost White DB2
Bought it for $1960
I bought #1546 from my friend as a shell on July 1st 2010.
1992 Frost White DB2.
It took some $$$$, some parts trading, and a lot of persuading to pry this one away from him.
He made me promise that I would keep it the original color.
Big up Keith & Dwight! 100 :salute:
For Canadian black gsr’s in 1992 it appears that there is about 250-270 black gsr’s. And as far as ones that are still on the road I estimate at least 1 in 4 cars is either crashed or wrecked. Thats a low estimate. Sometimes I would run 6 straight cars vins and they were all wrecked, but I can safely say that at least 25-30% are wrecked. This theme seemed to hold true for the limited US cars I researched as well.
Awsome thread!!! couldnt stop reading,wish I had a GS-R,none the less lovin my DA9!!!
So how can you tell the production number of the GS-R? Also how can you tell if the Block number matches the car?
i have #644 and dat1.7gsr has # 1224
The last few digits of the VIN are the production number. The block number is stamped right underneath the engine identifier on the block to the left of the exhaust manifold. If the last few digits of that number match the last few digits of the VIN, the block matches the car.
Actually this isn’t entirely correct, Only on extremely rare occasions will the ending digits of the engine block number actually exactly match the ending digits of the VIN. I have seen many, many GS-Rs and in fact I have yet to see an exact match.
For Canadian GS-R’s generally the number’s will be close, within a few digits of each other. For example I have seen 1992 #428 and it had engine number 431. I have seen 1992 #361 and it had engine number 359. I have also seen 1993 #59 with engine number 54.
This makes sense when you think about it because there was such a low number of GSR’s made. If you can picture the limited amount of B17 engines that were made to go into these cars you can imagine the situation at the original factory:
A limited number of engines were being installed in a limited number of bodies, but there is always room for a mix up here and there of course. Not to mention we already know from a previous thread that Milano Red USA GS-R number #3 had engine #1. So right off the bat, the numbers didn’t quite correlate. I would imagine that the Canadian VINS and engine serial numbers may be closer to that of the USA cars because of the lower production, but that’s just a speculation. You guys should post your block numbers as well and we could get an idea of how far off the numbers might be.
For Canada-- I’m going to say that if your block number is within 10 digits high or low of your VIN, then there is a darn good chance the engine is original.
Strange, I was pretty sure the numbers matched on mine. I stand corrected.
No please double check! They could very well match but it is rare. I just wanted to make sure everyone knew that just because your block wasn’t an exact match to your VIN, it doesn’t mean you don’t have the original engine. It will usually be close if it’s original or dead on! Just more rare to be dead on!! You should check and let us know
Zoom in to the top right corner… Vin# and motor# are diffrent… I have never seen one the same. That would be rare, and very cool.
92 Milano Red Integra GS-R #576 here
[QUOTE=jfarber;2197564]Zoom in to the top right corner… Vin# and motor# are diffrent… I have never seen one the same. That would be rare, and very cool.
Thanks for posting that! Nothing like picture proof!! So as I speculated: The USA GS-R engine block and VIN numbers are probably likely to have a greater discrepancy because of the higher numbers of total GS-R production in the USA.
Would be interesting to see the engine/VIN numbers of a late production 1992. If someone has a VIN # in the mid to upper 2000s you should post up your engine # and car VIN so we can see how far off they might be
On a side note. These discrepancies will make it extremely hard to tell if the car’s engine truly matches the body. (Just foreshadowing to the time when they’re on the Barrett Jackson auction block) lol
I’ve got Black 1993 GSR #083 with engine number #080.
Hey redline9500…do you have any history of my car recorded?