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Subject:Re: 1987 "GetAway" Syncro Camper? (FS Vancouver BC) - VIN stuff
From:Karl Wolz
Date:Sun, 9 Jun 2013 15:56:37 -0700

My ex military DoKa has a dash plate with ZZZ code.

Karl Wolz
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On Jun 9, 2013, at 3:53 PM, Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>      I have never seen a "ZZZ" van with a dash VIN . Dash mounted VINS are
> a N/A thing . I would look in the right front door jam or on the rear apron
> below the bumper .
>
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>                                                              Stacy
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> On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Ben <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> All hidden VIN's have the ZZZ as far as I have seen/know.
>>
>> If the 'unmolested' door jamb sticker has a North American VIN (that is:
>> no ZZZ), then it's a fairly safe bet it was imported for NA consumption. I
>> would be very suspicious as to why the vehicle did not have a dash as that
>> is a favored tactic used by black market importers (differentiated from
>> grey market). The sticker can be reasonably easy to reproduce though
>> quality is often spotty.
>>
>>
>> BenT
>> sent from my electronic leash
>>
>> On Jun 9, 2013, at 3:12 PM, Scott Ohana <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>>
>>> fwiw ,
>>> On the candian syncro Doka I registered for a guy, Oregon title etc..
>>>
>>> the Canadian door frame VIN did not have ZZZ in it.
>>> We got it with no dash, so it didn't have any dash VIN.
>>> the frame VIN though,  had the ZZZ's ...
>>> the State Police guy passed it.
>>>
>>> point is, I think, so far, only the seldom-seen frame VIN has the Z's in
>> it.
>>
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