Help please - Aluminium GT serial numbers

[kingoffootball]

Well, previously I have only been looking at the format for the steel frames:

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/help-please-steel-gt-serial-numbers.392411/
And there is thread for Xizang serials here and I have a spreadsheet with all the ones listed in that thread recorded.

This thread sparked my interest in not knowing much about the serials of aluminium GTs, apart from Zaskars, and since there's some overlap with the steel ones I have decided I may as well collect aluminium ones too and see whether there's anything else I can learn.

Please share any pre-1998 aluminium GT serials that you are willing to.

 

[kingoffootball]

To get you started, the only aluminium GT I've owned is my often-missed 1991 Zaskar, which had a serial number of 11901830 no 6061 or USA stamp, like some other early ones, and a few anomalies:

 

[sam_white]

I have a list culled from forum threads here, mostly Hodaka built Pantera, Avalance and RTS frames - presently 9 for the timeframe you're interested in.

 

[kingoffootball]

I have a list culled from forum threads here, mostly Hodaka built Pantera, Avalance and RTS frames - presently 9 for the timeframe you're interested in.

Yep, that would be great thanks. You can message them to me if that's better.

 

[sam_white]

Here's the few I've collected, with the relevant links. In the interests of data privacy, I'm happy to edit and remove any of these from the post if the owners spot their bike ...
Can't vouch for 100% accuracy but I've tried my hardest.

H1L01604	Pantera	https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/gt-but-not-sure-which.316183/
H1N03711	Pantera	https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/can-anyone-identify-this-gt-frame-serial-no-h1n03711.287445/
H1N04096	Pantera	https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/help-me-i-d-a-gt.80316/
H2K002038	RTS	https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/rainbow-gt-rts.479625
H3A11060	Avalanche	https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/gt-zaskar-or-not.39666
H3H001839	RTS	https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/gt-experts-required-rts-content.31209/
H4H09692	Avalanche AL?	https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/mystery-gt.457436/
H4N23882	Avalanche?	https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/identify-a-gt-frame-w-a-serial-number.450155/
S8HK23634	Avalance	https://www.facebook.com/groups/456...39677936221295/?sale_post_id=2439677936221295

 

[kingoffootball]

Here's the few I've collected, with the relevant links. In the interests of data privacy, I'm happy to edit and remove any of these from the post if the owners spot their bike ...
Can't vouch for 100% accuracy but I've tried my hardest.

H1L01604	Pantera	https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/gt-but-not-sure-which.316183/
H1N03711	Pantera	https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/can-anyone-identify-this-gt-frame-serial-no-h1n03711.287445/
H1N04096	Pantera	https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/help-me-i-d-a-gt.80316/
H2K002038	RTS	https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/rainbow-gt-rts.479625
H3A11060	Avalanche	https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/gt-zaskar-or-not.39666
H3H001839	RTS	https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/gt-experts-required-rts-content.31209/
H4H09692	Avalanche AL?	https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/mystery-gt.457436/
H4N23882	Avalanche?	https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/identify-a-gt-frame-w-a-serial-number.450155/
S8HK23634	Avalance	https://www.facebook.com/groups/456...39677936221295/?sale_post_id=2439677936221295

Fantastic, thank you. I've just been through the threads to see whether there's anything helpful I can pick up. A couple of notes on them:
* The first RTS is a 1993 RTS 2, rather than the 1992 mentioned in the thread (frame made late 1992, correct 93 catalogue shot showing titanium colour)
* The second RTS 2 is 1993, as GM states it could be in the last post (frame made late 1993)
* The Avalanche AL between the two is 1993, rather than 1994 stated in the thread. In theory, that could make it a stripped Panthera AL but Avalnche seems more likely.

 

[samwawa]

My Pantera serial number is SAS6A1084. Any help with model year would be appreciated. I can't seem to find it in catalogues, but I suspect it's a 1996/97!

 

[kingoffootball]

My Pantera serial number is SAS6A1084. Any help with model year would be appreciated. I can't seem to find it in catalogues, but I suspect it's a 1996/97!

I don't reallt have enough data from the later years to confirm the year from the serial. From what I have seen 95-96 serials tend to start SY and 97-98 serials just S, but I don't have any other SAS recorded. Maybe someone else knows more about the Sanfa serials.

 

[samwawa]

Interesting, thank you. From some research I've done it seems that 1996 Avalanches also shared similar serial numbers too.

 

[sam_white]

My Pantera serial number is SAS6A1084

This is likely to be a January (A) 1996 frame (6).