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help with decoding older VIN numbers? - Kenneth G Samson - 08-08-2006 07:42 i just received the title for my '76 wanderlodge. in the space for VIN, it says, simply: 9833 vin decoders on the internet all seem to want 17 digits. how do i decode this wanderlodge vin? ken help with decoding older VIN numbers? - Terry Neal - 08-08-2006 07:55 Hi Ken, That number on your title is most likely the Blue Bird factory chassis serial number. You can confirm that with them directly. Vehicle manufacturers did not use the 17 digit VIN system until 1981. Prior to that, they used their own individual numbering system, which may have included the 17 digits (or not). Terry Neal 82PT40 74FC34 Bozeman, MT --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Kenneth G Samson" wrote: > > i just received the title for my '76 wanderlodge. in the space for > VIN, it says, simply: 9833 > > vin decoders on the internet all seem to want 17 digits. how do i > decode this wanderlodge vin? > > ken > help with decoding older VIN numbers? - Jeff Miller - 08-08-2006 15:22 Terry is correct. In '76 there was no 17digit VIN, it was simply the body number (F-number) as on the tag displayed when the engine-top console is removed or on the sticker/plate stuck to the bottom-left side of the steering column. Wanderlodges from the '70s with 17digit VINs have had them "invented" by various DMV and other agencies so that they would work with their computer system. - Jeff Miller in Holland, MI --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Terry Neal" wrote: > > Hi Ken, > > That number on your title is most likely the Blue Bird factory chassis > serial number. You can confirm that with them directly. Vehicle > manufacturers did not use the 17 digit VIN system until 1981. Prior > to that, they used their own individual numbering system, which may > have included the 17 digits (or not). > > Terry Neal > 82PT40 > 74FC34 > Bozeman, MT > > > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Kenneth G Samson" > wrote: > > > > i just received the title for my '76 wanderlodge. in the space for > > VIN, it says, simply: 9833 > > > > vin decoders on the internet all seem to want 17 digits. how do i > > decode this wanderlodge vin? > > > > ken > > > help with decoding older VIN numbers? - Kenneth Samson - 08-08-2006 23:58 thanks for the info, i appreciate it. i was hoping there was a way to decode the vin so i would know what originally came on the coach from the factory. i guess there's no online database to supply that info? ken On 8/8/06, Jeff Miller wrote: > > Terry is correct. In '76 there was no 17digit VIN, it was simply the > body number (F-number) as on the tag displayed when the engine-top > console is removed or on the sticker/plate stuck to the bottom-left > side of the steering column. > > Wanderlodges from the '70s with 17digit VINs have had them "invented" > by various DMV and other agencies so that they would work with their > computer system. > > - Jeff Miller > in Holland, MI > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, > "Terry Neal" > > wrote: > > > > Hi Ken, > > > > That number on your title is most likely the Blue Bird factory > chassis > > serial number. You can confirm that with them directly. Vehicle > > manufacturers did not use the 17 digit VIN system until 1981. Prior > > to that, they used their own individual numbering system, which may > > have included the 17 digits (or not). > > > > Terry Neal > > 82PT40 > > 74FC34 > > Bozeman, MT > > > > > > > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, > "Kenneth G Samson" > > wrote: > > > > > > i just received the title for my '76 wanderlodge. in the space for > > > VIN, it says, simply: 9833 > > > > > > vin decoders on the internet all seem to want 17 digits. how do i > > > decode this wanderlodge vin? > > > > > > ken > > > > > > > > -- -kgs HTTP://WWW.BIBLIOMARKET.COM http://just-go.to/bibliolodge/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] help with decoding older VIN numbers? - Rovers - 08-09-2006 08:24 Ken, You can contact Blue Bird and they should be able to give you the build specs for your Bird based upon your chassis "F" serial number. I have not seen an online database for this info anywhere on any of the forums but maybe someone else has a source? Terry Neal 82PT40 74FC34 Bozeman, MT Kenneth Samson wrote: > thanks for the info, i appreciate it. i was hoping there was a way to > decode > the vin so i would know what originally came on the coach from the > factory. > i guess there's no online database to supply that info? > > ken > > On 8/8/06, Jeff Miller > > wrote: > > > > Terry is correct. In '76 there was no 17digit VIN, it was simply the > > body number (F-number) as on the tag displayed when the engine-top > > console is removed or on the sticker/plate stuck to the bottom-left > > side of the steering column. > > > > Wanderlodges from the '70s with 17digit VINs have had them "invented" > > by various DMV and other agencies so that they would work with their > > computer system. > > > > - Jeff Miller > > in Holland, MI > > > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > , > > "Terry Neal" > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi Ken, > > > > > > That number on your title is most likely the Blue Bird factory > > chassis > > > serial number. You can confirm that with them directly. Vehicle > > > manufacturers did not use the 17 digit VIN system until 1981. Prior > > > to that, they used their own individual numbering system, which may > > > have included the 17 digits (or not). > > > > > > Terry Neal > > > 82PT40 > > > 74FC34 > > > Bozeman, MT > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > , > > "Kenneth G Samson" > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > i just received the title for my '76 wanderlodge. in the space for > > > > VIN, it says, simply: 9833 > > > > > > > > vin decoders on the internet all seem to want 17 digits. how do i > > > > decode this wanderlodge vin? > > > > > > > > ken > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > -kgs > > HTTP://WWW.BIBLIOMARKET.COM <HTTP://WWW.BIBLIOMARKET.COM> > > http://just-go.to/bibliolodge/ <http://just-go.to/bibliolodge/> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]