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GergDramis
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Location: Liberty, Maine
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 Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 5:14 pm Post subject: Finding your old VW |
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Is there a forum or a different site where one can search for a previously owned VW?
I have the original vin plate that I would like to reunite with my old bus. |
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busdaddy
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Location: Surrey B.C. Canada, but thinking of Ukraine
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SGKent 
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Location: Citrus Heights CA (Near Sacramento)
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| Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 7:49 pm Post subject: Re: Finding your old VW |
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You are in Maine. Contact some of the other Maine members like Randy In Maine and see if they know how long the DMV there keeps VIN numbers of it they know a bus that matches the description. Lots of states drop them after 10 years unregistered unless stolen. A really large number of nice buses found their way back to European buyers, so there will be a chance it isn't even here anymore. I had a mint 1971 I sold in 1984 that I always wondered about. I tracked the guy down whom I sold it to, as I remembered his name and occupation. He sold it about 1989 to the next guy and 3 weeks later a truck hit it while parked and demolished it. So just remember, it may have a happy or unhappy ending. And those things like doors and rooms that looked shiny and new when younger may seem cramped in size and dingy now. Or maybe a happy ending will happen.
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VDubTech
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Location: Syracuse, NY
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| Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 10:01 pm Post subject: Re: Finding your old VW |
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| SGKent wrote: |
| You are in Maine. Contact some of the other Maine members like Randy In Maine and see if they know how long the DMV there keeps VIN numbers of it they know a bus that matches the description. Lots of states drop them after 10 years unregistered unless stolen. |
Doesn't matter how long they keep their records for, it would be a violation of the Federal DPPA to give that information out to anyone except the last titled owner.
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EverettB
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VWAdam
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Location: Birmingham, Alabama
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| Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 8:19 am Post subject: Re: Finding your old VW |
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| SGKent wrote: |
| You are in Maine. Contact some of the other Maine members like Randy In Maine and see if they know how long the DMV there keeps VIN numbers of it they know a bus that matches the description. Lots of states drop them after 10 years unregistered unless stolen. A really large number of nice buses found their way back to European buyers, so there will be a chance it isn't even here anymore. I had a mint 1971 I sold in 1984 that I always wondered about. I tracked the guy down whom I sold it to, as I remembered his name and occupation. He sold it about 1989 to the next guy and 3 weeks later a truck hit it while parked and demolished it. So just remember, it may have a happy or unhappy ending. And those things like doors and rooms that looked shiny and new when younger may seem cramped in size and dingy now. Or maybe a happy ending will happen. |
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I've been told one of my Buses is in the UK (well another is in the UK as well but it's pretty distinctive and was found via being tagged on facebook) and I asked someone there if there was a way to see if it was registered there. He told me I would need to know the license plate number. Of course I don't because I'm not even 100% sure it's in the UK.
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SGKent
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Joined: October 30, 2007
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Location: Citrus Heights CA (Near Sacramento)
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| Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 5:25 pm Post subject: Re: Finding your old VW |
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| SGKent wrote: |
| You are in Maine. Contact some of the other Maine members like Randy In Maine and see if they know how long the DMV there keeps VIN numbers of it they know a bus that matches the description. Lots of states drop them after 10 years unregistered unless stolen. |
Doesn't matter how long they keep their records for, it would be a violation of the Federal DPPA to give that information out to anyone except the last titled owner. |
somewhat different but any vehicle here from 1976 to today requires smog. Anyone can punch in a VIN or plate on the state lookup system of a 1976 - today car and the online site will tell you the smog history of that VIN if it is in California. The state here cannot release names and addresses by license plate without an approved legal reason. Car Fax $ can tell you sometimes a little history on the car if the VIN exists in its system. Often it will even tell you the dealers who reported servicing the car by VIN.
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Emily's Owner
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Location: Canby, Oregon
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| Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 9:23 pm Post subject: Re: Finding your old VW |
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| SGKent wrote: |
| Car Fax $ can tell you sometimes a little history on the car if the VIN exists in its system. Often it will even tell you the dealers who reported servicing the car by VIN. |
There are some dealers who might not be able to do that anymore as our VIN's can be too old for their operating systems - in my case, when the kid was working at a local Subaru dealership, he would bring the bus in from time to time to work on her (little things like new tires etc) if things were slow in the service dept - they couldn't enter her VIN as it was too short, and they didn't have a work around to get the system to recognize her, so under the radar she went.
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vwracerdave
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| Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 10:00 pm Post subject: Re: Finding your old VW |
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CarFax is just an internet scam. They can only tell you what somebody else has told them.
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