help with decoding older VIN numbers?

[Rovers]

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
>
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