vin decoder

by 1973 454 MONTE Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:39 pm

www.VINwiz.com

by Limey SE Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:50 pm

THANKS CHRIS YOU HAVE BEEN STICKIED

by RichW Fri Feb 26, 2010 8:27 pm

I moved the decoder to a new domain name. It is now at www.VINwiz.com .

- Rich

by Limey SE Fri Feb 26, 2010 9:07 pm

RichW wrote:I moved the decoder to a new domain name. It is now at www.VINwiz.com .

- Rich

Please advise who you are to be able to move stuff around Thanks MGMT

by JB2wheeler Fri Feb 26, 2010 9:32 pm

They just switched to a new, and probably cheaper, website. JB

by Limey SE Fri Feb 26, 2010 9:37 pm

I realize that JB but he is a newbie comes straight in a spot where we post links and changes it up........................ an Introduction would have been NICE FIRST and then explaining why it has to be moved........... MAKE A PERSON A LITTLE BIT FISHY ABOUT THE MEMBER IS ALL

by RichW Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:00 pm

Limey wrote:Please advise who you are to be able to move stuff around Thanks MGMT

I'm the guy who made the quickvin decoder website. I decided to move the content to a new domain name.

JB2wheeler wrote:They just switched to a new, and probably cheaper, website. JB

No, it is still running on the same physical server. Its a rather pricey HP rackmount with multiple drives and processors so it is not cheap. I happen to know this because I'm the person who bought it and built it up.

Limey wrote:an Introduction would have been NICE FIRST and then explaining why it has to be moved

Sorry for not introducing myself. I own the VIN decoder site. I also have owned and restored a number of classic GM cars. I moved it to a new domain name because someone made a rather generous offer to buy the old domain name. They bought the name only, not the site, so I moved the site content to a new name. I believe "VIN" means "wine" in a number of foreign languages so its possible the old domain name might end up being some sort of wine website.

by Limey SE Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:08 pm

ok thanks Rich, curious how did you know it was posted as a link here of all places ??

by RichW Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:27 pm

The web server logs show incoming links. So I got a list of the links and went around to a bunch of websites to let people know I moved it. A lot of people use it so I didn't want people to think it was gone or had changed to something else.

by Limey SE Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:31 pm

OK thanks for keeping us in the KNOW of things

NOW go buy a G3 and have some fun with us LOL

by RichW Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:49 pm

LOL yeah I've had a few G3's and hope to have another someday. One tech tip I can share... I had a 73 Chevelle SS with the swivel buckets (same ones as the Monte Carlos). By now many people have had the swivel buckets go bad because of a broken plastic cage that holds the ball bearings. Well I couldn't find the parts so here is what I did.... Drilled out the center rivet so I could split apart the swivel section, did a wire-wheel cleanup and sprayed it all with rustoleum (they are factory unpainted and tend to rust down there). Then I found some metal balls slightly bigger than the factory ones (got them at Lowe's hardware). Put a ton of grease on em and put them where the old balls & plastic cage were. Then I put it back together with a big bolt/nut/washer where the rivet was. (Tacked the nut with a wirefeed welder so it wouldn't come undone). After all this the seats were super smooth and better than new. And the best part is that there is no more plastic bearing cage to break ever again.

by Limey SE Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:01 pm

Great info thanks Rich

by coreys73chevelle Sat May 15, 2010 1:12 am

I JUST DECODED MINE IT SAYS THAT THE 2ND VIN LETTER (D) MEANS LAGUNA, I THOUGHT THAT MEANS CHEVELLE AND THE 3RD LETTER IS THE MODEL? BESIDES I HAVE A MALIBU!