From: hemirr@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 20:50:17 -0400
Subject:
Re: VIN me, stamp me
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
How about a retired cop of 35 years service? In early days
either the VIN
or the SO number were stamped in hidden locations
depending on the make. For Chrysler products, it was the SO number until
1969 in my best recollection. The member who talked about the booklet
describing the locations of the numbers is correct in that every department
who participates in NCIS receives the updated information. We all know to
check the radiator support and the left trunk channel on our Mopars though,
for the SO number before '69 and the VIN from then on. I'm not sure how
far back that system goes, my '62 has the SO number in those locations.
It has been a while since I got the IBM card and info from Chrysler
Historical so I don't remember exactly what I had to supply, but they probably
could supply that just with the SO number, year, and make if they
will,
if so the VIN will be on the IBM card.
In my days as a patrol officer, probably mid-80's I stopped a guy driving
a Bronco with expired paper dealer plates. I explained that I needed to
see his sales paperwork. He showed me a sales order from a dealer
attached to a large junkyard chain which operated in several cities in north
central Indiana. He said he was promised the title by mail but it hadn't
arrived yet. So I said I just needed to check the VIN. I couldn't
find the VIN where it should be. I explained that I would have to
impound it until I could verify the VIN; as someone mentioned, it is a crime
to have a vehicle in one's possession from which the VIN tag has been removed.
After consulting the book, it was listed as being on the right hand
frame rail behind the front suspension IIRC. I found the VIN and ran it
and it was stolen. I called the local state police post and talked to
their auto theft detective, since the dealership was several counties away,
and he said they were already working on a case involving more than 100
vehicles like that which had come out of that dealership. What they were doing
was, they would scout out a vehicle which matched a wrecked one they had in
the salvage yard. Finding one, they would steal it. They then used
the title from their wrecked one to sell the stolen vehicle through the
dealership. They didn't bother to install the VIN tag onto the stolen
vehicle. They simply had been tardy about sending my guy his title or there
probably would not have been any issue until he tried to sell it down the
road.
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