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Re: How many members know the 3rd VIN location
Joe, on what year? On a C2 I can think of four VIN and/or VIN derivatives.
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Harry...C1's *NM*
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Harry..C1's..after the vin tag and frame stamp
not including any engine pads...
This should be interesting.
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Re: Harry..C1's..after the vin tag and frame stamp
OK, On a C2, not including the tag, engine or frame, I still get one.
I'll have to think on this a bit longer.
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on your title *NM*
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Re: Harry..C1's..after the vin tag and frame stamp
Harry
I have learned a new location to find a VIN on a C1..that I have never seen published.
If no one else posts it..I will reveal it.
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Re: on your title
Larry
I am referring to on the car!
This could be news for most of us..as I just learned this myself after 30+ years...plus a few other interesting pieces of background.
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Re: Harry..C1's..after the vin tag and frame stamp
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Re: Harry..C1's..after the vin tag and frame stamp
Mike..not counting the title
#1 VIN Tag
#2 Frame
#3________?
You will find this very interesting. I am just curious if others already know this unspoken location.
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Re: Harry..C1's..after the vin tag and frame stamp
Come on Joe, we're all ears!Comment
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Re: Harry..C1's or all C1's *NM*
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Seat Tags *NM*
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Here is the answer!!!
Dave
It just came to my attention that the last four digits of the VIN # starting in 1956..was written on a label applied to the hardtop.
The hardtops were made not including the frames ( the frames were made by a separate Co. ) by Sterling Plastics and they applied a Sterling Plastics company label on the underside of the hardtop. The St.Louis factory wrote the last 4 digits of the cars VIN# on this label and also wrote the interior color on the fiberglass prior to the installation of the headliner.
I don't know how many years this was done...but now that the information is out..people restoring their hardtops can look to see if it is original to the car.
Of course this is of great interest to me..because..one day I will remove the headliner in the hard top of my Nassau/Daytona/Sebring car. This car as you know was one of the early factory race cars with a 37 1/2 gallon center fill tank and cut out back window. When the car was retired and sold for use on the street, a standard tank was installed and the center fill hole in the deck lid filled in and hard top either replaced or back window replaced.
I hope this information is valuable to people in the future...and I thank Geroge the hardtop man for revealing it to me. Thought you all might want to know!
Below is a never before published picture of my car at Sebring 50 years ago this weekend....P9
Joe
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Amazing.....
what we are still learning about these cars 50 years later. Thanks, Joe!Comment
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