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I am an old duffer now, but I had my dream ride when I was 18 in 1970 - a 1964 Oldsmobile 442 - first year for the muscle-car model. Yellow with a white top, black leather, 4-speed, 4-barrel, dual-exhaust, and all the engine any red-blooded boy could want. I averaged 6 mpg, but gas wax < 50 cents/gallon. And I looked darned GOOD behind the wheel! As a teen in the 70s, I was better at smokin ...
TwinTurbo January 29, 2023, 3:11pm 2. There is no central repository for vehicle history recording. AFAIK, you can’t backtrack a replacement engine S/N to an original VIN. And the VIN may include a reference to the engine type but not specifics. The “build sheet” may have that information. In the olden days, that was a separate piece of ...
Your paint dealer can also supply the proper color with the VIN code as well. BUT… on a 2007 vehicle you are probably better off taking a panel off the car… fuel filler door or mirror maybe… into the paint store so they can match the faded color instead of the original color. Unless, of course, you are doing a full respray.
Apparently carfax.com doesn’t show this extra info anymore without being paid first. But you can still tell by the VIN. The 8th digit of the VIN will tell you if it’s a 6 cylinder or an 8. I’ll give you an example VIN: 1LNHM87 A 75Y614780. The above vehicle is an 8 cylinder, engine digit “A”.
General Discussion. nikkolaus December 5, 2017, 10:59am 1. A vehicle was given to my mother for free many months ago, and I snapped a photo of the engine and VIN, with hopes in finding more info about the car, and worth. However, I have completely forgotten the Make/Model. Can you decode this 12-digit car VIN for me? 2T87R3130516.
A GM service department uses the VIN to retrieve the vehicle’s specs and history (repairs, recalls) from their database. Less chance of ordering a wrong part this way. Ed B. andrew_j August 9, 2007, 2:13pm 10. Its a better cross check vs using a persons state year/make/model as sometimes people forget little details like 2005.5 vs 2005 etc.
Turns out the door was replaced due to a wreck, and the wrong VIN was on the door plate. The emissions test machine took the VIN as scanned for the junked donor car. Also, the VIN appears on a plate under the hood on some models, and there are hidden VIN locations on the car as well to try and thwart thieves and swindlers.
Hi there! I’am Alex (Moscow, Russia), a friend of mine just bought a car of a dream - Ford Torino (1971) and he’s looking for previous owners to know all the history of his beast. The problem is - there is no VIN, but I’ve figure out - there wasn’t VIN’s those days. So the quistion is - how can I track previous owners, using engine or body number? I don’t know how it works in US ...
Jeremy_R_Hoyt February 21, 2008, 6:24pm 7. I think the only real danger of giving out your VIN is that with some cars you can go to a dealership and make a new key based on only the VIN. So if he wants to make a copy of the document, offer to give him one with the VIN redacted after he verifies that the VIN matches the one on your car.
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