{"id":159,"date":"2009-03-10T10:39:34","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T18:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/?p=159"},"modified":"2024-08-12T06:10:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T14:10:20","slug":"vin-decoding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2009\/03\/10\/vin-decoding\/","title":{"rendered":"VIN decoding."},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE 8.12.24: Looks like the VinWiz tool I linked to here is down, and I have no idea if it will ever be back up. I can’t decode VIN numbers myself<\/strong>, so you’ll have to reach out to the Wisconsin Historical Society<\/a> for deeper info.<\/p>\n

One of the questions I’ve had about my FrankenScout since I got it has been what is original and what isn’t. I have the VIN from the title and the plate (which is screwed into the driver’s A pillar), and which most likely comes from the body itself. But what about the frame? is it original or a donor? If I send in for a lineset ticket, will it even be relevant to the jumble of parts I’ve got?<\/p>\n

Browsing through Binder Planet last night, I stumbled on a post about the location of the frame serial and how it’s keyed to the last 8 digits of the VIN<\/a>, so I picked up a scraper and headed out to the garage. I first looked in the wrong place (back behind the B body mount), but then found the right location after scraping off some engine grease: right in front of the driver’s firewall, forward of the hoist port, on the vertical rise.<\/p>\n

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Frame VIN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As it turns out, the VIN screwed to this truck does not match the frame. Big surprise. <\/em>Using a VIN decoder<\/a> linked from the BP, the tub correctly dates to a ’76 model Scout II. But when I drop the eight numbers from the frame (Year, Plant, Line, serial) in front of the first five from the body (Model Year\/Unused\/Model\/Model\/Engine), I come up with a 1979 model year frame. Curious.<\/p>\n

I suppose I could spend $100 on a lineset ticket to see if the VIN I’ve got on the title matches the tub (I know the original color of this tub, which is always on the lineset ticket), but its current location and method of attachment leads me to believe it may be from a third<\/em> donor vehicle\u2014one that had a clear title, and made it easy to register\u2014and that would be money wasted.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Given the amount of people landing here, I should be clear in saying I’m not the author of the tool, I’m just linking to it. If you’ve got a 7-digit VIN, it won’t work for you (this rules out most Scout 80s and 800s, I think). Your best bet is to contact the Wisconsin Historical Society directly, or one of the Light Line Dealers listed in this link<\/a>. Good luck!<\/p>\n

UPDATE UPDATE: Folks, I don’t know how to decode 7-digit VINs.<\/strong> If you’re looking for more information on Scout 80\/800’s, Click here to the Binder Planet, where there’s a serial number list available for download<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UPDATE 8.12.24: Looks like the VinWiz tool I linked to here is down, and I have no idea if it will ever be back up. I can’t decode VIN numbers myself, so you’ll have to reach out to the Wisconsin Historical Society for deeper info. One of the questions I’ve had about my FrankenScout since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-part-numbers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p58Ac2-2z","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4711,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions\/4711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}