Apart from the rivetted on build plate (and/or import plate), is the VIN number stamped separately into the chassis somewhere? I am trying to trace compliance on a car that has had the build plate ripped off for some reason.
As far as I am aware there is no requirement to place the VIN in more than one location when compliancing a vehicle. Some shops add the required front numbers (ie 6U9000xxx) to the existing chassis number to make up the 17 digits required for Australian regs. Other shops just isse a complete new VIN with no relation to the existing chassis or model number.
Thanks Dean, but I am looking for the original factory VIN number, not the compliancing one that was issued on later import (if it was). This car has neither a build plate, a compliance plate, rego papers, plates, a shock tower stamp, or a pop rivetted firewall import VIN. I am trying to determine whether it was properly imported at all. I thought as a backup measure, all cars had their factory VIN number stamped into the chassis somewhere as a separate security measure.
Does it still have the original chassis number stamped in the firewall - dead centre about an inch down from the top and usually hidden behind the +ive battery cable.
Thats where ours is. Then its been restamped on the drivers side shock tower with 6U9000 added for australian compliance.
