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Article #1824Re: HELP VIN' requested
From: Brian McMillin
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 17:32
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 17:32
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Graham E. Thomas (grahamt@phantom.oit.gatech.edu) wrote: : >In article <haws.766793397@cambridge>, haws@cambridge.mitchell.com (Brent : >Haws) wrote: : >> : >> : >> HELP!!! : >> 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? : I do. If this person needs to get VIN numbers from cars, he can go to his : friendly neighborhood junkyard. : Oh, my mistake! These cars would have _salvage_ titles... silly me! : I would think that the best way to get VIN numbers for a legitimate research : project is to contact the manufacturer. That would be a simple way to gather : statistics. : If this person is legitimately making a VIN decoder, he just needs to know : what each manufacturer's numbers mean. He certainly doesn't need a record : of a number of people's VINs. : : -- : Graham E. Thomas * DISCLAIMER: My words are my own, : Georgia Institute of Technology * not those of my employer. : Internet: grahamt@oit.gatech.edu * -- -- Brian McMillin mcmillin@netcom.com Digi-Tech Consultants 'You have got to respect an object that is Dallas, TX 93 million miles away and too bright to look at.'
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,dcc02b24d9c88c1 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-Thread: 103916,dcc02b24d9c88c1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103916,public X-Google-Thread: 10e835,cc08730e59d82b16,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10e835,public X-Google-Thread: 10001a,dcc02b24d9c88c1 X-Google-Attributes: gid10001a,public X-Google-Thread: f765b,dcc02b24d9c88c1 X-Google-Attributes: gidf765b,public X-Google-Thread: 10a12a,dcc02b24d9c88c1 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a12a,public X-Google-Thread: fa37c,dcc02b24d9c88c1 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa37c,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,dcc02b24d9c88c1 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-04-20 10:32:29 PST Newsgroups: tx.general,nj.general,ca.general,ny.general,dc.general,mn.general,ca.driving,chi.general,rec.autos,rec.autos.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmd.de!nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!dsinc!birdie-blue.cis.pitt.edu!gatech!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!mcmillin From: mcmillin@netcom.com (Brian McMillin) Subject: Re: HELP VIN' requested Message-ID: <mcmillinCoKJE5.1Ap@netcom.com> Followup-To: tx.general,nj.general,ca.general,ny.general,dc.general,mn.general,ca.driving,chi.general,rec.autos,rec.autos.misc Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <haws.766793397@cambridge> <smiklos-190494234934@smiklos.dialup.access.net> <2p2e8s$qhe@phantom.oit.gatech.edu> Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 17:32:29 GMT Lines: 39