I have an opportunity to purchase a Starfire IV with serial number CW000164. Can anyone help know what that means in terms of year and value and any other info? The owner says it is 2005. It is in good condition. He is asking $1400 but says to make an offer.
Thanks for any help.
~ richard
"CW" prefix is Corona,
has to be between '02 and '04,
they didn't make any Starfires in '05 because Corona was already shutdown by '05 and they weren't made in the next factory, Tacoma, as mentioned in your other thread.
000164 means the 164th Starfire built in Corona, Hans Moust can nail it down precisely to a year at least and maybe even the month, or possibly somebody like SFIV1967 who's also got some s/n-to-date info.
There is no online decoder for Corona s/n's, that's probably why the seller's confused.
It's quite possible they
acquired it in '05 since New Old Stock was still readily available at the time.