what do i have?
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Burning Brakes
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what do i have?
i have a 78 and love her with all my heart. but i have no clue what options she has from the factory. the previous owner has removed the option code sticker and i was wanting to know if there is any way to look it up by my vin # thanks in advance to anyone that can help
Drifting
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i have a 78 and love her with all my heart. but i have no clue what options she has from the factory. the previous owner has removed the option code sticker and i was wanting to know if there is any way to look it up by my vin # thanks in advance to anyone that can help
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Burning Brakes
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thank you. theres no build sheet on the tank (had the exhaust done this week). i do have the black book but im mainly wanting to know if there is the optional rear gears and stuff like that. does the vin decode to that extent?
Drifting
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There should be numbers or tags on the rear end somewhere - there are ways to find out through those numbers - I guess. But the VIN will not tell you anything about what gears you have. Only the RPO codes on the build sheet would have that information.
Read this article - and look around your vehicle you may get lucky:
http://www.hunt4cleanair.net/Articles/C3BuildSheets.pdf
Read this article - and look around your vehicle you may get lucky:
http://www.hunt4cleanair.net/Articles/C3BuildSheets.pdf
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i have a 78 and love her with all my heart. but i have no clue what options she has from the factory. the previous owner has removed the option code sticker and i was wanting to know if there is any way to look it up by my vin # thanks in advance to anyone that can help
!978 rear axle identification...
OK=3.08 posi
OM=3.36 posi
OH=3.55 posi
OJ=3.70 posi
My 78 dearler invoice...
Allied Vaughn invoice order form...
My rides...
Rich
Last edited by rihwoods; Sep 26, 2007 at 11:29 AM.
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The "L" in fifth position means the 350cu in L-48...
The following will break the vin number down for you:
http://www.greatoldcars.com/corvette...01974-1980.htm
The following will break the vin number down for you:
http://www.greatoldcars.com/corvette...01974-1980.htm
Last edited by rihwoods; Sep 26, 2007 at 02:54 PM.
Racer
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The tank sticker on the later models isn't on the tank itself. There is a sheetmetal cover that covers the top of the tank. It unbolts from the bottom in front of the tank and on the sides of tank. Looks kinda corrugated on mine. If you unbolt it and bend it down, it takes some force to do this, you should be able to see up inside this cavity with a flashlight and the sticker should be glued there. You'll probably have to take the tire carrier/top cover out to make things easy.
Now that I think about it mine also had a build sheet folded up and lodged between the tach and speedo. Take a look there.....HTH
Now that I think about it mine also had a build sheet folded up and lodged between the tach and speedo. Take a look there.....HTH