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How would I go about trying to find my first car?
Posted on 5/7/24 at 6:05 pm
Posted on 5/7/24 at 6:05 pm
I was looking at some old pictures from my high school days and I kept seeing my first car - a 1976 green Chevy Monza Town Coupe. She wasn't the prettiest thing and smoked a little bit, but to a 16-year-old, it was the best birthday gift a young kid could ask for. She wasn't a race car, but she could go from 0-60 in a blazing 45 seconds! There were a lot of great memories made in that car.
Even though it's probably crushed in some salvage yard, is there any way I could locate it if I were able to find the VIN number? I would love get her back just for nostalgia and to maybe putt around town a little bit.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Even though it's probably crushed in some salvage yard, is there any way I could locate it if I were able to find the VIN number? I would love get her back just for nostalgia and to maybe putt around town a little bit.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Posted on 5/7/24 at 6:12 pm to SwampyWaters
Probably going to be about impossible to locate it.
You might find another one though and drop a treefiddy in it.
You might find another one though and drop a treefiddy in it.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 6:27 pm to auggie
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Probably going to be about impossible to locate it.
You might find another one though and drop a treefiddy in it.
I have a feeling you're correct. Is there a place to look for older cars because I haven't seen one on the road probably in about 15 years?
Posted on 5/7/24 at 6:41 pm to SwampyWaters
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I have a feeling you're correct. Is there a place to look for older cars because I haven't seen one on the road probably in about 15 years?
Type " Chevrolet Monza for sale" in your search.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:05 pm to SwampyWaters
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1976 green Chevy Monza
That was the prime time that GM was putting out rust buckets, doubtful if you found it that it would be anywhere close to being restored.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:36 am to SwampyWaters
Itll be hard...the Cobb County Police have been looking for my first truck since 1981 and ain't seen hide nor hair of the thing since it was stolen....
Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:52 am to SwampyWaters
You may be able to find the VIN number from the DMV, but I doubt it will be easy or fast. Once you locate the VIN of your car you can use an online lookup like Lexis Nexis or InfoTracer.com.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:13 am to SwampyWaters
This doesn't help you out, but I see my first truck from time to time when visiting my grandmother. I sold my '95 Silverado in 2004 with 215K miles on it to the butcher at my uncle's Piggly Wiggly in Eutaw, AL. He used it as his "Sunday truck" for years; I think his daughter has it now.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:22 am to jchamil
I wish I still had my Dad's truck when I was a kid. It looked just like this one though he didn't have his jacked up and I think it was an 84:
It had a wrap around red grill on the front with a winch. Every kid in my school wanted it.
It had a wrap around red grill on the front with a winch. Every kid in my school wanted it.
This post was edited on 5/8/24 at 9:24 am
Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:25 am to SwampyWaters
Bringatrailer.com sometimes has older vehicles. I just found my first car sold $2000
1983 Nissan Sentra 2dr 5spd stick. Same blue color too!
1983 Nissan Sentra 2dr 5spd stick. Same blue color too!
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:04 pm to SwampyWaters
If you find the vin, try plugging it in to CarFax. It may have a record of service or registration.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:10 am to SwampyWaters
I hope to never see my first vehicle again - 1981 Ford Courier two tone fuggin brown. Good riddance you dirty bitch.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:34 am to auggie
quote:If you can get the VIN and you have a friend in law enforcement, it's 100% possible to find it - provided it's registered or has been registered recently.
Probably going to be about impossible to locate it.
We were able to VIN search by state, but also by clusters of states.
I did this very thing for a buddy several years ago. He was looking for his 2-door Tahoe he had in high school. My only ask was that he could never tell the guy how he located it.
That said, if you had a friend in LE, he may work for an agency or department that closely tracks NCIC, NLETS, LLETS, III or other inquiries. He'd be taking a huge risk if that's the case. My department wasn't like that. We had audits, but it was a huge municipal department and I was comfortable taking the chance.
The other thing is if it's been stolen, he may get a hot hit on that VIN which could be troublesome for him. Of course, NCIC purges stolen cars every 5 years or so.
Happy hunting.
This post was edited on 5/9/24 at 11:35 am
Posted on 5/9/24 at 12:14 pm to SwampyWaters
like others have said if you have the vin a pi can look it up and tell you if it still exist. i have a reputable one if you're interested.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 2:41 pm to SwampyWaters
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1976
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able to find the VIN number
Good luck. VINs weren’t standardized at 17 letters/numbers until 1981. A ‘76 probably only had a 13 digit VIN. It makes them very hard to track down because all systems are set up for 17 digits.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 3:09 pm to BigBinBR
quote:Incorrect.
all systems are set up for 17 digits.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 4:57 pm to SwampyWaters
Try Car Fax. They know everything.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 6:39 pm to Abraham H Parnassis
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Incorrect
Ok what system that a consumer has access to isn’t set up for standardized 17 digit VIN?
You can try and manipulate the system and use 0000 in front of the VIN to make it to 17, but that barely ever works.
Edit: if the car is a collectible like a Corvette, they have sites specifically for those vehicles. But not for regular vehicles
This post was edited on 5/9/24 at 6:42 pm
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:44 am to BigBinBR
quote:hagerty.com, literally the first return when you Google "VIN lookup pre 1981".
Ok what system that a consumer has access to isn’t set up for standardized 17 digit VIN?
Their website says -
Most VIN decoders only have data for vehicles built after 1980 with a standardized 17-digit VIN. Hagerty’s patented VIN decoder also works for VINs and serial numbers on cars and trucks that were manufactured before that date. If you’re looking to learn more about a car that was built in the generation of 8-tracks, CB radios, or over-the-top tailfins, our VIN decoder can help.
This post was edited on 5/10/24 at 10:47 am
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