93fxdl
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Jan 25, 2010 21:33:19 GMT
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yes i hold up my hand to being anoraksic your cars vin number can provide all sorts of useless info www.vinguard.org/vin.htmwhere it was made what factory made it what year etc puts anorak on and shuffles off to see matron for some more medication ttfn glenn |
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Jan 25, 2010 21:42:57 GMT
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If you need an anorak, then what hope do I have? Lots of VWs have whats know as an M plate, as well as the VIN plate which details what you've said, it covers the factory fitted extras  /\ that lot translates to this lot ;D |
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purplevanman
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Jan 25, 2010 21:43:57 GMT
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The only hidden thing in my cars is the power  |
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Jan 25, 2010 21:45:41 GMT
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most of the info on my vin plate is out of date ;D
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your cars hidden informationBenzBoy
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Jan 25, 2010 21:46:49 GMT
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Interesting, I never knew VIN numbers were standardised so much.
Thanks for sharing your anorak. ;D
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Jan 25, 2010 21:49:02 GMT
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My names Speedman, and I bought a book to help me decode my M plate and enjoyed it so much I've done the same for 25 fellow VW owners!  |
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93fxdl
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Jan 25, 2010 21:52:40 GMT
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most of the info on my vin plate is out of date ;D so that must be the only unmodified part there is ;D ttfn glenn |
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10mpg
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your cars hidden information10mpg
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Jan 25, 2010 21:58:50 GMT
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decoded the one on my mustang using a different site, nice to know it was originally supplied to Kansas city, Kansas and that it was a gorgeous colour called smoked pewter mettalic, which because of that it will now be resprayed in..
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The Internet, like all tools, if used improperly, can make a complete bo**cks of even the simplest jobs...
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rtlkyuubi
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Jan 25, 2010 22:14:46 GMT
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soooo glad youve posted this up as I really need to know when my car was made! THANK YOU!!!
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Jan 25, 2010 22:42:26 GMT
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me and vin on my car don't get on the vin says the car was made in feb 73 but the body style was only made in 71 as there were lots of little changes made to the mk3 over their production years so mine had to have been late registered but also stamped late . it was bought by a ford employee so that could have something to do with it . and you thought you were an anorak ;D ;D
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Dez
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your cars hidden informationDez
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Jan 25, 2010 22:49:14 GMT
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i love vw M-plates!! ive got a pdf download of 200 pages of them i did the ones for my passat the other night, 2 pages of A4 to cover them all........ |
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93fxdl
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Jan 25, 2010 23:01:26 GMT
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there is the tale of a strike at the transit plant which left lots of unpainted shells sat around outside waiting in the rain which were then pulled in and finished supposedly some of them were sat around for about a year
ttfn glenn
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Jan 26, 2010 13:24:12 GMT
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You can't meet a fellow AMV8 owner without swapping chassis numbers..
During the 70's Aston Martin were in so much financial difficultly that each car had something different about it - I think they bought up redundant parts bins from various manufacturers.
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1974 Aston Martin V8 (in bits)
1974 VDP 1300 (in bits)
1997 Ford Escort Cabrio (should be in bits)
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Jan 26, 2010 14:15:23 GMT
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The people in the IT department here at work pre-anorak this whole forum. They have already barred that site during work hours ;D
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Jan 26, 2010 15:00:01 GMT
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The only hidden thing in my cars is the power in my case its the lack of it. But I still have good PtoW as rust is lighter than steel. ;D |
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