Looking through the known 82s in the VIN project (with unit #s),
870255 had
Major Transmission fail at 1-11-84 with 74016 miles
870327 had
Major Differential fail at 10-22-84 with 82722 miles at area office 360
Major Trans fail at 2-27-84 with 60392
870300 had
no failures! I wish something had failed so we could see where the car served
870567 had
Major Trans fail at 9-10-84 with 60058 miles
870513 had
Major Trans at 10-2-84 with 69378 miles at area office 340
87448 had
Major Trans at 3-12-84 with 62497 miles at area office 835
Front Pads at 6-8-83 with 9785 miles
870594 had
No failures!
Those are the 82s in the VIN project with unit #s listed.
A couple cars I found interesting-
870595 had
Major Diff. at 11-28-83 and 2-22-84 (with 13625 miles) and 6-13-84(with 39987 miles)
870600 had
Major Diff. at 5-12-83(with 40043 miles) and 1-9-84 (with 65061 miles) and 6-7-84 (with 75028 miles)
They were driven hard and most likely don't exist now.