Good vin decoder?
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Good vin decoder?
Looking for a vin decoder that will show the options and equipment that the car was born with. Most out there want 15 or 20 bucks, as far as I’m concerned that’s BS. I want to plug in my vin, and see the info. Thanks!
gary
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You're not going to find options from the VIN. Trim tag can tell original color, interior color, optional leather seats etc but you're not going to find rear end ratio, motor, etc. Red line on the tach can narrow the motor down a bit (if it's the original tach) What year are you talking about?
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If you're looking for a decoder on a C1 or C2 VIN, there's no help available. All you can get from the Vin is Year, Corvette, Coupe or Convertible, and which number Corvette it was in that year. There's nothing the VIN about options.
Example; (my 65)
194675S122431= 194675= 1965 Corvette Convertible (if the fourth number is "3", it would be a coupe)
S = built in St Louis
1 = place holder (all C2's have a 1 in this position)
22431 = 22,431st Corvette built for 1965
That is all the information available in the Vin. With a birthday calculator you can get approximate date built. With the data plate beside the Vin tag, you can get the date the body was built, whether it was St Louis or AO Smith body, interior color, exterior color the car left the factory with, whether it had leather or vinyl seats when built, and an ECL code that may exclude options like power windows, etc.
Don't waste your money on a C2 Vin decoder, there's no such thing. You can get all that is available from it by using the example I gave above. If you search the Corvette Forum for Vin decoder, you'll get the same answer hundreds of times in the past.
Example; (my 65)
194675S122431= 194675= 1965 Corvette Convertible (if the fourth number is "3", it would be a coupe)
S = built in St Louis
1 = place holder (all C2's have a 1 in this position)
22431 = 22,431st Corvette built for 1965
That is all the information available in the Vin. With a birthday calculator you can get approximate date built. With the data plate beside the Vin tag, you can get the date the body was built, whether it was St Louis or AO Smith body, interior color, exterior color the car left the factory with, whether it had leather or vinyl seats when built, and an ECL code that may exclude options like power windows, etc.
Don't waste your money on a C2 Vin decoder, there's no such thing. You can get all that is available from it by using the example I gave above. If you search the Corvette Forum for Vin decoder, you'll get the same answer hundreds of times in the past.
