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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 by SwampyWaters
Member since Apr 2023
1387 posts
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!
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
28128 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 6:12 pm to
Probably going to be about impossible to locate it.
You might find another one though and drop a treefiddy in it.
Posted by Barneyrb
NELA
Member since May 2016
5137 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:05 pm to
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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 by AwgustaDawg
CSRA
Member since Jan 2023
7266 posts
Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:36 am to
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 by BruslyTiger
Waiting on 420...
Member since Oct 2003
4617 posts
Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:52 am to
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 by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
16542 posts
Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:13 am to
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 by rattlebucket
SELA
Member since Feb 2009
11469 posts
Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:25 am to
Bringatrailer.com sometimes has older vehicles. I just found my first car sold $2000

1983 Nissan Sentra 2dr 5spd stick. Same blue color too!
Posted by eatpie
Kentucky
Member since Aug 2018
1149 posts
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:04 pm to
If you find the vin, try plugging it in to CarFax. It may have a record of service or registration.
Posted by SkintBack
SoLo
Member since Nov 2015
1672 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:10 am to
I hope to never see my first vehicle again - 1981 Ford Courier two tone fuggin brown. Good riddance you dirty bitch.
Posted by Danm312
Member since Feb 2014
190 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 12:14 pm to
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 by BigBinBR
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2023
4302 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 2:41 pm to
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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 by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
Member since Sep 2018
15188 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 4:57 pm to
Try Car Fax. They know everything.
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