<VV> question on ebay listing

[corvairs]

If I recall correctly the Lady Carfax was buried alive before Holmes and 
Watson could find her - Unca Lonald

Secular wrote:

>  Carfax is unable to provide you with vehicle history information for 
>  vehicles manufactured prior to 1981 :)
>
>  http://www.carfax.com/cfm/helpcenter_2002.cfm
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>  There's a hidden VIN for Corvairs but no Carfax for any Corvair :))
>
>  Tony
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "henry kaczmarek" <kaczmarek at charter.net>
>To: "virtualvairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 11:10 PM
>Subject: Re: <VV> question on ebay listing
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>>Could be several reasons.
>>1. He "re-vin'ed it".
>>
>>For those of you not aware of the practice---and all but the newest are--the 
>>VIN plate could have been removed from the vehicle and replaced with a VIN 
>>Plate the owner had a good title for, but there is a "hidden VIN" that can 
>>be found if you know where to look, and most of those here KNOW where to 
>>look.  If the numbers don't match, there's a problem.
>>
>>2. Perhaps it's been wrecked and there's a CARFAX report on the car he 
>>doesn't want you to find out about.
>>
>>3. The vehicle was re-VIN'ed because it was stolen.   Re-VINs are sometimes 
>>done to save a car for which a legal title cannot be obtained.  That's 
>>illegal, but even this ex-deputy would turn his head if it kept the car on 
>>the road.
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>>If it's STOLEN, that's a horse of another size and color.
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>>This has been debated here before, and most don't agree with the head turn, 
>>but to each their own. I have mentioned that the only reason to re-vin an 
>>car and keep it is for your own pleasure, and you'd have to keep it in the 
>>family.  You don't do it to sell a car.
>>
>>IMO There's nothing worse than a man stealing another man's machine, be it a 
>>car or a motorcycle.  That's just cold beyond grasp.
>>
>>Hank
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