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08-22-06, 03:43 PM
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Now I'm wondering if maybe you were sold a stolen/salvaged/mis-labeled car. It sounds like they used another vin number to complete the sale, so God only knows the true history of the car. You might be in for some legal hassles if you want to get this corrected. Personally, I'd just drive it as is...
08-24-06, 04:21 PM
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hhahahaha all very interesting but there is no VIN on my dash its been taken out, and the VIN # in the door jam and the firewall does not have a build date, and like i said the registration says its a 81, but now i believe thats wrong, hahaha
08-24-06, 04:48 PM
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There is a vin# stamped in the firewall on the passenger side. There should be an aluminum tag next to it. The tag will have the vin# and a 2 digit paint code. One of the letters in the vin is a year code, iirc, don't remember which one.
Somewhere there is a vin decode chart, but I can't seem to locate it.
Somewhere there is a vin decode chart, but I can't seem to locate it.
08-25-06, 01:12 PM
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The 84/85 GSLs had both leather and velour interiors as options, so the white one with the red cloth seats is correct for an 84 GSL. Also the cloth seats in the red one could be correct for an 84/85 GSL, which I'm still betting it is. I can't believe anyone would swap that many 84/85 parts into an 81 or if it is even possible, given the very different interiors found in these two models.
Still there is something funny about that red car, the door panels look like they are from a GS. The GS door panels often have ruffles in the vinyl at the top, like in your pictures, and it looks to me like there is a hole in the passenger side panel where a door crank used to be. The mirrors are painted red, but these are usually black. And those seats look pretty good, but they don't look quite right for a GSL.
Maybe Kentetsu is right, you've got a chop shot special assembled from various vehicles of questionable origin?
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Still there is something funny about that red car, the door panels look like they are from a GS. The GS door panels often have ruffles in the vinyl at the top, like in your pictures, and it looks to me like there is a hole in the passenger side panel where a door crank used to be. The mirrors are painted red, but these are usually black. And those seats look pretty good, but they don't look quite right for a GSL.
Maybe Kentetsu is right, you've got a chop shot special assembled from various vehicles of questionable origin?
Ray
08-25-06, 09:47 PM
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No. I have mine hooked up the same way only because I wanted to keep an eye on the filter after I got the car to make sure no **** was going through it. Just need some fuel line and it'll get put in the original position. You don't want it there too long as the heat coming off the motor may start to vaporize the gas and cause vapor lock
08-25-06, 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by FirebirdSlayer666
No. I have mine hooked up the same way only because I wanted to keep an eye on the filter after I got the car to make sure no **** was going through it. Just need some fuel line and it'll get put in the original position. You don't want it there too long as the heat coming off the motor may start to vaporize the gas and cause vapor lock
There are 4 screen filters in the carb stock, but no inline filters, oem, in the engine bay.
08-25-06, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Alex-7
10th digit of the vin is the letter that represents the year the car was made.
A=80
B=81
C=82
D=83
E=84
F=85
A=80
B=81
C=82
D=83
E=84
F=85
08-26-06, 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by blazer1313
the vin character on the engine bay vin # or door jam will decode this mystery
08-26-06, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr.Snakey
ive decoded it a this morning only to figure out that it is a 81 but. . . this car has alot of "out of place" parts on it, from what everyones telling me. so really the mystery is not yet solved hahaha
If it is an 81, and eveything works, someone put a lot of work into changing the dash.
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