Here is how I now understand it: The “M" means model-year format (not actual year) where like with autos start in August. So a HIN with M80B would be have actually been built in September 1979 where as a HIN with M80J would have been built in May 1980.
See: http://www.paceship.org/articles/HIN.asp > On Aug 18, 2016, at 11:53 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 14:54:17 +0000 (UTC) > From: RANDY <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > To: cnc-list <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Landfall 38 hull numbers > Message-ID: > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Does anyone know what the M and J stand for? > > Cheers, > Randy
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