Topic: '13' Digit VIN Decoder
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Hey all!
I have found a "13" Digit VIN Decoder?
Here is the link for one: http://www.vinwiz.com/
Oz
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If you're trying to "decode" the VIN on your '75, just click on the "Research" button at the top of the pages....then scroll down to "Automatic Corvette VIN Decoder". 
Welcome to C3VR, too!!
Welcome to C3VR, too!!
Joel Adams
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Noooooooooooooooooooo!
I am not trying to decode my Vette.
I am looking for the formula!
I am not trying to decode my Vette.
I am looking for the formula!
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Duncanville, TX - USA
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Vette(s): #1-1974 L-48 4spd Cp Med Red Metallic/Black deluxe int w/AC/tilt/tele./p/w-p/b/
Am-Fm/map light National/Regional/Chapter NCRS "Top Flight"
#2-1985 Bright Red/Carmine Cp.L-98/auto
Member: NCRS, NCRS Texas, Corvette Legends of Texas
Not sure I'm understanding the term "formula", but I'll try...and since this is a '68 - '82 Corvette site, I'll do that.
For '68-'71
1 = Chevy Motor Division
9 = Corvette
4 = V8 engine
67/37 = Convertible/Coupe
6th digit = last number of year model
S = St. Louis
XXXXXX =sequential build/serial number(including a "check" digit as the first character)
For '72 - '80
1Z = Chev Corvette
67/37 = Convertible/Coupe(87 beginning in 1978 for coupes)
5th digit = Engine type(LT1, L82, etc)
6th digit = last number of model year(except 1980, which used the letter "A")
S = St. Louis
XXXXXX = Build number(including a "check" digit as the first character)
Is this what you are looking for? If not, please be a little more specific as to what info it is your are trying to ascertain.
Joel Adams
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"Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comforting to cry in a CORVETTE than in a Kia"
OK, the 17 VIN decoder has character Weights and a Transliteration Key...
VIN ----- 1 M 8 G D M 9 A _ K P 0 4 2 7 8 8
Transliteration key: values for VIN Decoding
A:1 B:2 C:3 D:4 E:5 F:6 G:7 H:8 J:1 K:2 L:3 M:4
N:5 P:7 R:9 S:2 T:3 U:4 V:5 W:6 X:7 Y:8 Z:9
Value -- 1 4 8 7 4 4 9 1 _ 2 7 0 4 2 7 8 8
Weight --- 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 10 _ 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
Products 8 28 48 35 16 12 18 10 (CKD) 18 56 0 24 10 28 24 16
What is the "Weights" and "Transliteration Key" formula for the 13 Digit VINs?
Any one know?
Thnx, Oz
75 Orange Flame 2010-06-28 05:13:26
VIN ----- 1 M 8 G D M 9 A _ K P 0 4 2 7 8 8
Transliteration key: values for VIN Decoding
A:1 B:2 C:3 D:4 E:5 F:6 G:7 H:8 J:1 K:2 L:3 M:4
N:5 P:7 R:9 S:2 T:3 U:4 V:5 W:6 X:7 Y:8 Z:9
Value -- 1 4 8 7 4 4 9 1 _ 2 7 0 4 2 7 8 8
Weight --- 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 10 _ 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
Products 8 28 48 35 16 12 18 10 (CKD) 18 56 0 24 10 28 24 16
What is the "Weights" and "Transliteration Key" formula for the 13 Digit VINs?
Any one know?
Thnx, Oz
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#2-1985 Bright Red/Carmine Cp.L-98/auto
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Yer goin WAAAAAAY over my head here! 
What possible purpose does this information suit? Is it more a mathematical deal, or does it actually translate into something on the vehicle? I'm soooooo confused!
What possible purpose does this information suit? Is it more a mathematical deal, or does it actually translate into something on the vehicle? I'm soooooo confused!
Joel Adams
C3VR Lifetime Member #56
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(click for Texas-sized view!) NCRS
"Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comforting to cry in a CORVETTE than in a Kia"
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If you are just trying to find an algorithm to determine if a 13-digit vin is VALID like a 17-digit vin has, you won't find one. They didn't start doing that until the 17-digit one came into use.
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My first Vette, now owned by JB79:
Correct...
This is what I learned from another Vette forum sight today!
Thanks!
75 Orange Flame 2010-06-28 13:40:45
This is what I learned from another Vette forum sight today!
Thanks!
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Vette(s): 1972 conv, 4-speed, 350, 200hp, numbers match, rally wheels, war bonnett yellow w/white top. good condition, nice driver.
Somebody has spent to much time in the SPA, with not enough air to function.
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So there is no way to get a vin report on my 1978 corvette because it has a 13 character vin correct?
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