Saturday, January 31, 2009

Early Mustang Vin Decoding

I referred to my vin decoder often when I was looking to buy my stang. It's the quickest way to determine if a vehicle has been modified or is no longer original. Don't get me wrong I was not going for an original restoration, I prefer the restomod mustangs. However the modified vehicle you are looking at may not have been modified by its current owner and depending on his character he might not be willing to tell you for example that the manual transmission in the vehicle that replaced the original automatic has a tendency to jump out of 4th gear because it was installed in someone's back yard by a previous owner who decided they would save money and attempt to do the conversion themselves, never having done a conversion of that magnitude before. At least with original cars you only have to contend with original problems which are easier to fix because many people have had the same problems and the fix is easier to diagnose and repair, generally. Below I have scanned the vin decoder I used for body style, axle, transmission, exterior paint & engine. I hope it will prove useful to you in your decision to buying the mustang you are looking for.

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  1. I also agree with you ..... very useful information for us ...... keep it up thanks for this..........






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  2. Thanks for explaining the vin decoding process. That's very useful for vintage cars but nowadays, there are many car vin lookup services that instantly run a vin check and then you'll get the details you want.

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