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enio45

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VIN Lookup and VIN Decoder sites
« on: January 24, 2025, 11:52:21 PM »
anyone use any of these sites, similar or are they  part of the NICB report data base. 

I ran a VIN and it came back and it defined it as a 68 Camaro L34 built car - is this possible that i can know what this car was built as?   Is the data reliable or what should i make of it?

Thoughts??
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Eddie  Montini

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Re: VIN Lookup and VIN Decoder sites
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2025, 06:15:31 AM »
Personally, I don't think they can be taken seriously. It seems that every post I have seen about these sites in previous years, say the car in question is a 396. There were two posted here just today.
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Re: VIN Lookup and VIN Decoder sites
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2025, 10:19:46 AM »
Nothing in a first gens VIN will tell you which engine the car originally had other than if it was a L6, or V8 car. Those online VIN decoders are generated just to get peoples hopes up it seems.
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enio45

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Re: VIN Lookup and VIN Decoder sites
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2025, 03:49:51 PM »
Appreciate the thoughts - i knew there was no way to tell via the vin, unless it was able to match the vin to the build sheet somewhere - yea thats a big wishful thinking they had the foresight to do this.   

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Eddie  Montini

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Re: VIN Lookup and VIN Decoder sites
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2025, 08:11:04 PM »
DECODETHIS.COM will decode 17 digit VINs and give you the basic info a VIN will reveal. 1981 and newer.

VINWIZ.COM will decode earlier 13 digit VINs and will give you the limited info the VIN will reveal. 1950 to 1980
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