Re: 64 or 66 VIN Law/Regulations???

[JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good response.  Also, any law library should have a
copy of the older regs, or you could ask a friendly
attorney to check one of the subscription legal
databases for a copy.

Joe Fulton
Salinas, CA

--- Glen Hoag <hoag@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Frank,
> The current US VIN regulation is found in the US
> Code of Federal 
> Regulations at 49CFR565.  I would imagine that the
> previous 
> regulation was in the same place an earlier edition.
>  The earliest 
> edition available online from the US Government
> Printing Office is 
> from 1996, but Federal Depository Libraries 
> <http://www.gpoaccess.gov/libraries.html> should
> have earlier 
> editions, either in print, or on
> microfilm/microfiche.
> 
> --Glen
> 
> >Does anyone know how to find the regulation or law
> that required a 
> >13 character
> >VIN? I had all that info on my laptop. I managed to
> search the net and find it
> >in Korea, but the HD blew up on that one and took
> everything with 
> >it! I'm about
> >to search a couple backup CDs I made, but don't
> think I put the info on a CD
> >before leaving. I've tried Google and another
> search engine -- now all I can
> >find is 17 character VIN info, and some garbage
> about 10 digits and such that
> >has been repeated overthe net that I know for #$%%
> sure is wrong! 
> >Yet 5-6 sites
> >quote the same thing (none give a source). I have
> the actual law for the 17
> >character code, that's easy! I know for sure that
> it was sometime around
> >January 1966 (or very late 1965) that the 13
> character VIN was required to be
> >used. I have the serial number (not VIN) data for
> AMCs for early 1966
> >production, and have actually seen an early 66
> model that didn't 
> >have a VIN but
> >one of the serial codes. But I can't find the
> details on the !
> >  13 character VIN! I did find a couple other
> manufacturers, so I know there's
> >no formal order except that the last six have to be
> the consecutive 
> >number, and
> >the year and engine have to be identified somewhere
> in the number. 
> >But I REALLY
> >want to see the actual US specs again!! Any ideas??
> >
> >
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