Re: HELP VIN' requested

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From: Hugh Johnson
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 13:15

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In article <smiklos-190494234934@smiklos.dialup.access.net> smiklos@panix.com (Steve Miklos) writes:

   In article <haws.766793397@cambridge>, haws@cambridge.mitchell.com (Brent
   Haws) wrote:

   > 
   > 
   > HELP!!!

   Right.

   > If you would like to help please send us the following information on your
   > vehicle by June 30 1994.  It is VERY important to make sure that the data is
   > as complete and accurate as possible.

   Anyone else smell a rat?

   Specifically, you can't get a car registered with no VIN. Chop shops would
   love to have a list of valid VINs for specific makes and models. Caveat
   Scriptor.

-----<snip>--------

Hey guy:
	The man has 192 page document from NICB (National Insurance
Crime Bureau) that describes the exact method of decoding the V.I.N.
of
various manufacuturers. Guess What??? No manufacuturer maintains the
same
VIN decoding as any other, further, a manufacturer may not even do
it the same way in successive years, thus the 192 page document.

The guy is writing a VIN decode routine that extracts the maximum
information from the VIN number, including body/engin/drive train
options. Give him a break, please.

--
 johnson@mitchell.com       or  | Opinions? I doan' have no steenkin'
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Subject: Re: HELP VIN' requested
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