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Author Topic: NEW PINTO ONWER CHECKING IN ALLS INQUIRING?  (Read 5121 times)

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Re: NEW PINTO ONWER CHECKING IN ALLS INQUIRING?
« Reply #30 on: October 21, 2006, 07:51:37 AM »
THERE IS A CLEAN TITTLE , i HAVE YET TO TRASFER IT INTO MY NAME....AND i HAVE PLATES FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA...

cant I just claim it as a 77 thats been re bodied to look like a 79/80???  if i where to sell it? BECASUE TECHNICALLY THATS WHATY IT IS...
why is everybody always picking on me???

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Re: NEW PINTO ONWER CHECKING IN ALLS INQUIRING?
« Reply #31 on: October 21, 2006, 07:59:15 AM »
I agree it probably is not important now.  But if you are still curious, there are partial VIN's stamped in engine bay area on top of the inner fenders under where the front exterior fenders bolt down.  The number is about a foot back from the radiator core support.  To see this, you have to remove a fender and scrap away the putty from the top of the inner fender (a wire brush helps also).  The number is stamped on top of both inner fenders.  I have never tried it but you might be able to read it from inside the fender but it would be difficult and the numbers would be backwards.  The number stamped there is missing the second, third, and fourth digit, i.e. VIN=9T11Y123456, stamp=9T123456.  The stamped numbers will also have small stars at the start and at the end of the number for some reason.  If you car still has its inner fenders (they are sometimes removed on race cars), this may help solve your mystery.
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Re: NEW PINTO ONWER CHECKING IN ALLS INQUIRING?
« Reply #32 on: October 21, 2006, 08:05:49 AM »
If you have concerns about this you do have options. You can take the car back to the person you got it from and ask for either details or a refund. Also, you can contact your local police dept. and ask them to investigate the matter. Please review my last post. One way to do it is to contact the police and if it is a stolen car they might let you return it for a refund THEN bag the person you bought it from. You get your money and the owner gets the car. It would be neat if it was stolen and gets returned to the rightfull owner like 20 years later.

If the person that swapped the VIN's had taken the time to get a 79 or 80 VIN/title, you might have never known.

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