Hi guys, I have a Strat body that I thought, or still do think, was built in Ensenada. In the neck cavity I found stamped Oct 81 AM with the number V029547. When I removed the pick guard, I found, laminated to the body, just below the controls, a white label with a bar code and just below the bar code was the number M00360650. I am kind of puzzled because I thought "V" in the neck pocket didn't start until the vintage reissues in 1982. I guess my question is, what is the country and year of manufacture?
Thanks
Joe

pics please.

Pics not available now, I will post them Thur pm.

I doubt that "V" number has anything to do with vintage reissues.

Does the body have holes that look like you could store dimes in them under the pickguard?

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My other guitar is a Strat.

Well if that Oct 81 stamp is legit, you can rule out MIM as the Ensenada plant didn't start producing guitars until 1991.

Waiting for pics.

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It's not a 81 with a M00360650 barcode.
Ignore the Vxxxxxxx number in there it's likely no more than a productionline number.

As for the OCT 81 writing in the neck pocket, they can be confusing at best. If not something more sinister like lightly sanded then re-written.