help with decoding older VIN numbers?

[Kenneth Samson]

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
> > >
> >
>
>
>



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