[mtbnboy]

I got my lwb a few weeks ago, but cant work out what year it is. all the info i know about it is this:

Suzuki Sierra LWB WD 1324cc SJ51
it has the big fibreglass canopy that comes off and turns it into a ute. its a 2 door 4 seater. i have the engine number and VIN too, dunno if this helps?

Please help

[mtbnboy]

error already...LWB Wide Track**

thanks in advance to anyone

[steve]

Doesn't it say the year of manufacture on the body plate?

sounds like an old narrow track though

[mtbnboy]

doesnt say on the plate NT? thats odd, cause on the plate it says SJ51 LWB WT


???? lol

[steve]

going by this photo? it's a narrow track, and the 1324cc is a narrow track motor, and by the paint style, looks like a 1986 ?

[mtbnboy]

yeah thats mine haha. hmm okay? well thanks

[steve]

it certainly isn't a wide track though.

could be anywhere from 85 to 88 really.

it should say that on the ID plate on the firewall.

[mtbnboy]

weird. on the plate it says WT, but i believe you. doesnt say anything on either of the 2 plates. would a VIN or engine number help?

[Brett]

could be dodgy plates. i got a car years ago that turned out to be a write off with another cars id tags.

the tag above the dizzy will have the year stamped on it about 3/4 the way down.

[steve]

well as far as i remember the SJ51 means narrow track ute too, wide tracks are SJ70, coilys are SJ80. I'm sure someone will correct me if i am wrong

[mtbnboy]

just double checked on the ID plates...absoluteley no year info. and the VIN is only 6 digits (SJ51 - ******) ?? is that normal?

[royce]

the plate with the model and vin stamped into it will have month and year, not the printed suzuki plates

[want33s]

The plate on the firewall behind the battery will have the build date...
EG: "BUILT MAR 88"

[ninjadaniel]

mine is a sj51 and is narrowtrack, 88 model. has the exact same fibreglass roof.

[shep]

sj50/51 can be either NT or WT and from 84 to 90/91ish

yours is defiantly a NT. what the hell happened to it? looks like it was used as an anchor for a while.

[mtbnboy]

thanks ninjadaniel...at least im not alone

sat in a paddock for 3 years...then was on a truck to the scrap...so i saved it. i think the dents on the bonnet are from the HIAB crane resting on the poor girl

[mtbnboy]

here are pics of the only 2 plates in the entire engine bay. any help?

[Ben_Sierra]

It appears to have something that looks like 5-86 etched on the comliance plate?

[steve]

shep wrote:

sj50/51 can be either NT or WT and from 84 to 90/91ish

ahh yer i see. I just checked some in my wrecking yard, got a 89 WT SJ50 and a 91 WT SJ70

[steak_knife]

Ben_Sierra wrote:

It appears to have something that looks like 5-86 etched on the comliance plate?

Yep, that's engraved.

Why would your Lwb be 10kg heaver than mine??

[steve]

steknig wrote:

Why would your Lwb be 10kg heaver than mine??

it has more steel in it!

[steak_knife]

steve wrote:

steknig wrote:

Why would your Lwb be 10kg heaver than mine??

it has more steel in it!

[Brett]

the 2nd pic under where it has colour is where it will be stamped. they are always hard to see.

nothing on com plates should be ingraved except gas com plates.

[303zuke]

mtbnboy wrote:

doesnt say on the plate NT? thats odd, cause on the plate it says SJ51 LWB WT???? lol

The W doesn't mean Widetrack, W is the model code for a LWB.
Q = SWB soft-top (fabric or fibreglass roof)
V = SWB hard-top (standard or Hi-Roof)
W = LWB (fabric or fibreglass roof)
T = Ute (with tray or as cab/chassis)

steknig wrote:

Why would your Lwb be 10kg heaver than mine??

That's odd. It looks like they've stamped the Ute GVM in error, the LWB (either soft-top or Resin top) should be 1370Kg GVM.

[89_tintop]

hear is some useless info.. that can kind of kelp..

anythin post 1988 (pretty sure that is the year) has 17 digits in the V.I.N
anything pre that year has less...

[steak_knife]

Curiosity got the better of me, had to have a look at mine, it's 1390 to.

I must of been thinking of the Lil wagon.

[mtbnboy]

thanks for all the help. i got out the old rag and mustered up some elbow grease and it definitely says 5-86 engraved on the plate. that other engraved number is the VIN

[BlueSuzy]

My WT lwb is sj51. Built 1st month, 88'

Alot of people say WT's come out 88.5. Unsure why.

[royce]

its from the way yanks identify cars, the WT came out part way through 88 and being a bit different to either model it was called a half model

[BlueSuzy]

ahk. i will ask vwdave, then it will feel more genuine if he says it. (freakin yank)