), then they should be willing to help you find it.
found a title in my name,..
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found a title in my name,..
I looked through the bmv records and apparently I may have had a corvette titled to me in 96, as the record is still there it is unlikely that it got a new title or switched owners..
vin 1Z37U8K430371
This is a corvette vin correct?..
not sure what to make of it really, is there a way to find the car?..
Thanks.
vin 1Z37U8K430371
This is a corvette vin correct?..
not sure what to make of it really, is there a way to find the car?..
Thanks.
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It's probably a case of similar names. A ticket agent at Delta Air Lines did a search years ago for my frequent flyer miles number(I have an unusual middle name), and hundreds of exact matches were found in their data base.
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Something is screwed up with that VIN!
The "1" indicates Chevrolet, the "Z" would normally indicate a Corvette, and "37" is the designation for a 2 door sport coupe body, but the rest of the VIN does not fit for a Corvette.
The "U" is a 305 (145hp), "8" is the 1978 model year, "K" is the Leeds MO assembly plant, and 430371 is the build sequence number. The "U" and "K" cannot be a Corvette. No 78 Corvettes were ever built with a 305, they were all 350's. While the Leeds, MO assembly plant built Malibu's, Monte Carlo's and El Camino's, but not Corvettes.
The second digit would be a "T" for a Malibu, an "H" for a Monte Carlo and a "W" for an El Camino or Malibu wagon.
I'm guessing that the VIN belongs to a 305 powered, 78 Monte Carlo or 2 door Malibu, and that someone at Motor Vehicles, typed a "Z" in to the VIN by mistake?
The "1" indicates Chevrolet, the "Z" would normally indicate a Corvette, and "37" is the designation for a 2 door sport coupe body, but the rest of the VIN does not fit for a Corvette.
The "U" is a 305 (145hp), "8" is the 1978 model year, "K" is the Leeds MO assembly plant, and 430371 is the build sequence number. The "U" and "K" cannot be a Corvette. No 78 Corvettes were ever built with a 305, they were all 350's. While the Leeds, MO assembly plant built Malibu's, Monte Carlo's and El Camino's, but not Corvettes.
The second digit would be a "T" for a Malibu, an "H" for a Monte Carlo and a "W" for an El Camino or Malibu wagon.
I'm guessing that the VIN belongs to a 305 powered, 78 Monte Carlo or 2 door Malibu, and that someone at Motor Vehicles, typed a "Z" in to the VIN by mistake?
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I'm guessing that the VIN belongs to a 305 powered, 78 Monte Carlo or 2 door Malibu, and that someone at Motor Vehicles, typed a "Z" in to the VIN by mistake?
