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OK folks, let's try to get to the bottom of the Model Codes mystery (No that's not Muddle Codes, but...).

What we're asking is for everyone to open their bonnet and read the blue data plate on the bulkhead, near the battery.

It looks like this if the car is a JDM, or a different layout if the car is an export model:



What we would like to know, please, is the Model Code on yours. That's the field starting CAX (for JDM) or CAB (for export), and the VIN/Chassis Number (starting EA11(or 21)R, or JSAEEA11R). You can put Xs for the last three digits of the VIN if you wish.

Also, if the car is JDM, please tell us whether your car has:

• ABS (the unit is behind the carpet on the left of the boot)
• Airbag (the steering wheel has 4 spokes, 2 horn buttons and says "airbag")
• Limited Slip Differential (can't tell by looking, but jack up the back, gear in neutral (use chocks!) and rotate a back wheel - if the other turns the same way, it's got LSD)
• Any other "goody" which you think could have been a factory fit

Instead of posting the answers here, please PM me, or email ian@score.org.uk.

I will compile the answers into a table, which will be posted on the board, so we can all have a go at deducing the answer.

Ian,
A long time ago I studied all original brochures and made a matrix with all model codes and all the standard options. This list was available in Dutch on my old website If you want I can translate it to English. This will save you investigation.
Marcel

Marcel Spoelstra wrote:Ian,
A long time ago I studied all original brochures and made a matrix with all model codes and all the standard options. This list was available in Dutch on my old website If you want I can translate it to English. This will save you investigation.
Marcel

Yes, please, Marcel, and please don't forget to let me have your Model Code

Not sure how to post a picture here but I have a pic of the tag.
reads:
TYPE: E-EA21-R
Chassis number: EA21R-1010303
Engine: K6A 658CC
Color: Y33 D65
CAFX-3

not sure what all of it means though....

Thanks
Jeff

Hi Jeff,

To post a pic, upload either to the gallery on this board (link is near the top on the left), or elsewhere, and paste the url into your post using the {Img} button above the post window.

The decode is available from the Cappo production info page. Click "information " at the top. You have the updated EA21R model with the K6A engine, which has a cam chain drive, rather than a belt. The EA21R was not officially exported, so there is no English language documentation for it, unfortunately. However, we do have the Parts Manual in the manuals section.

iv a blue plate, silver cappo, one but i can not load the pic, says the file is too big. any suggestions
0751001V
JSAEEA11R00101012
type EE11R engine F6A
colour 1VND57
CAB114P02

Cathy Renshaw wrote:iv a blue one but i can not load the pic, says the file is too big. any suggestions

Hi Cathy,

Thanks for the data. If you want to know the meaning of the Model Code, see here.

You would need to use Photoshop (or a similar photo-processing software) to reduce the image size (less pixels). You can also compress jpg's to a greater degree, to reduce the file size.

Cathy,

FYI ...

The colour code "1VN..." indicates "Mercury Silver", which is consistent with "JSAEEA11R..." and "CAB114P02", which indicate UK/Europe specification. Roughly 20% of the UK/Europe Cappos were Mercury Silver, 80% red.

If your Cappo is blue, then it would appear to have been resprayed at some point.

Dont know if you are still doing this, but here are my car details.
Collette

Chassis No: JSAEEA11R00100607
Engine no: F6A5227420
Engine Type: F6A
0751001V
colour 1VND57
CAB114P02
Type: EEA11R
M378 NKO
Registered 11/08/1994

Thanks, Colette. I think we have a good handle on the mystery now, and our solution is here.

Hello everyone,
Looking over the different model codes, I did not see mine listed. Am I the odd man out or is it just a model that hasn't been listed before.
Ben

Hi Ben,

I guess you were looking at the Cappuccino Production tables. It shows your Cappo as a JDM CAXF (early production base model). The -W suffix denotes winter equipment, which appears seemingly randomly in JDM Cappos. If we had the sales records, we might find a correlation with Prefecture of sale, or time of year.

My guess is that it correlates with those sold on the northernmost island, Hokkaido

Great to know. Thanks Ian! I learn something new about this car everyday.

Engine Number F6A5209950
In Sydney, Australia.

Here's the full pic - my browser cuts off the original.



Greg,

Looks like your Cappo was originally 0DE= Satellite Silver Metallic.

For the list, here is mine:

Year 1995
Engine: F6A
Colour: 0DG D08 (Black)
Model Code: CAXF-SC2

Mmmm, nice, Limited Edition with power steering

Ian Linden wrote:Mmmm, nice, Limited Edition with power steering

Yeah the power steering is a big plus for me. I've got long legs and in one with manual steering there was alot of knuckles colliding with knees while i was test-driving.

The limited also has chromed scuff plates on the door sills and it came with black enkei suzukisport wheels (though i'm not totally certain those were factory)

Hi All, I hope this is not too late to be useful.
I have spent the last 2 1/2 years welding the bottom back in my Cappuccino and got it MOT'd in September 2019. Find it impossible to post a picture here even with your instructions (which I admit I don't fully understand) but VIN plate says the following:-
TYPE EEA11R
COLOR 0PZ D23
ENGINE F6A
CAB114P02

Hope that's of interest. I have many stage photos but I can't post them. Sorry!

Can't find a way to post a photo to the gallery either. I suspect I'm too thick to make this site work. Irritating but true