help with decoding older VIN numbers?

[Jeff Miller]

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
> >
>