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Serial numbers
As somebody who works in a car factory (where much fuss is already made about Vehicle Identification Numbers, and their order) I can say that the serial numbers probably don't mean much in relation to date of manufacture.
For example... If the line is stocked for a red vehicle, I'll pull red cars from the bank of VINs, regardless of which has the lowest serial number. (We don't have a paint shop) Thus, a silver VIN car might sit around for weeks while we build red/black. Someday, somebody will restore the silver car and claim it was built before a red car with a higher VIN.... But they would be wrong.
I suspect it might have been the same on the TV line... Red one week, blue for two weeks, etc.
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