[DML] Re: VIN number on frame

["Stian Birkeland" <delorean@xxxxxxxxx>]

AFAIK, the only proof at the time when the car was new, was the info 
printed on the actual window sticker! 

If memory serves me right, doesn't the sticker state the engine 
number, VIN number and frame number? 

So it is really an important historical document. 
Too bad that some cars are missing their original window sticker. I 
guess that is the result of some DeLoreans having changed hands often.

Btw - what is the procedure with a window sticker in the US?
Is it a paper originally meant for the car dealer, or is it common to 
get the window sticker with the purchase of a car? Or do you have to 
ask for it specifically in order to get it?

I've always been under the impression that a window sticker is really 
an info-sheet for dealer (when the car gets delivered to the dealer), 
not something you would ask for really.

Best wishes
Stian Birkeland
Norway

VIN # 06759

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx> 
wrote:
>
> There is a plate on the left rear frame extension under the rear
> pontoon. It is a Frame Number and does not correspond directly with
> the vin. DMCH has a cardfile that did correlate the frame #'s with
> vins for early vins. One of their future projects is to publish it. 
I
> am told lack of manpower is the reason such projects as this are not
> done. You have to realize DMCH is in business primaraly to turn a
> profit so they cannot do a lot of projects that do not directly
> produce income. Another anomaly is that the vin does not correlate
> with the motor or the transmission. I find this a little surprising,
> in the US all manufacturers, since the early 70's, had to identify
> major components with the vin. Strange that DMC did not have to
> comply. At this time there is NO WAY to know if an engine, frame, or
> transmission is origional to the car or not.
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Bernie" <bmanderville@xxxx> wrote:
> >
> > All,
> > 
> > Does anyone know if the VIN number was ever permanently put on 
the 
> > frame?  I was working on Joeys car yesterday and found that the 
rear of 
> > the frame has been boxed, and one of the pieces used seems to 
have the 
> > last digits of a D VIN on it, 006###, can't remember the numbers, 
and 
> > they don't match his VIN.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Bernie
> >
>









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