not sure about the VIN no. and its meaning, since you asked, im curious so i sort of took the liberty to ask that question for you in the
general forum
however, the build date and their excuses seems funny,
electric heated seats are STANDARD in the limited version in the grand cherokee, it was in my Limited ZG, and in my limited WJ... although they dont work anymore... and i think the heated seats are in some XJ as wel.. [img]graemlins/dunno.gif[/img]
let clear up some model name first they can be a bit confusing, more so than the CJ's :D ..
92-98 GC are ZG in Aust,
99 is WJ in Aust,
and 2000+ are WG's...
my WJ was build in Aug 99, and it is complient as 99, and the oldest WJ build date i know of is Oct 98.
however, the ZJ was selling till the mid-99 as the WJ suppose to be released in july 99. so your dad's GC might be build in 97, but has a 99 complient plate, if im making sense.. but it seems unlikely to be 2 years apart.
so is your dad's GC looks like this no.1
or this? No.2
hope im helping you in some way..
cheers
bill
ps are you coming to jamboree? and i will go and check my VIN when there is sun light. :D
[ 10 September 2002, 01:03 AM: Message edited by: billsta ]