VIN registrar?

[Rogue]

hey ya'll what you think of starting a VIN registrar? possibly be a sticky or have its own sub forum deal?

after reading the stock or custom thread the other day - i've fought this same mental battle too cause I swear on all that is holy I have never seen a 74 jeep as clean as i lucked into as far as all the original paint, hoses, etc etc all being there and being rust free and unmolested anyhow ( i know i run on.... sorry )

anyhow i've seen other forums with this and though my interest would be finding out how many 74 401 cherokee S have been built though it may be hard to have a thread dedicated to every style cherokee, truck, wagoneer, etc etc... on the other hand though combined threads would be large and difficult to navigate... so it could be easy or hard to setup depending on POV

i don't have my VIN handy however this is how i imagine a sample post -

-74 AMC Jeep Cherokee S 401/400/QT etc, etc,etc

-VIN #

-all the numbers off the body tag

-a breakdown of what you may know about the VIN or BODY tag numbers, or axles tags, transfer case tags, etc etc

-and then maybe a little description - white vinyl interior, or factory mags, underdash A/C, etc, etc

so we know for example that we started with a 5 digit 00,001 and 14,082 Cherokees were made in 74 according to IFSJA tech library we could theorotically have 14,082 VIN entered into the system and find out exactly how many which option were made for every year cherokee, or j-truck, or whatever were made

sound like fun guys/gals?

heck didn't even think of it till now... i guess I should be putting this in suggestion forum LOL? but i guess i was wanting to know if ya'll got the possible man-hours to manage such a thing, i usually can get on a few hours a week, and at times when my back problems act up i can spend more time obviously

[Tad]

Jeff,
Elliot and some Kaiser guys tried that when they had their forum up (forum didn't last long), small forum but the VIN thing was sort of cool. Problem as I saw it was that it was all visual, nothing in a database that could be sorted or searched.
I'm not sure that's an option for software like this (I have no clue how this stuff works really).
I think Adam is still on vacation but he will see this when he gets back.
Pretty cool idea.

[Jeepstress]

That may be more appropriate for the FSJwiki that Shimniok is working on. The wiki progrmaing allows for databases like that. We might want to ask him........

[Lindel]

To date, -joe (Joe Schaefer) has been the best "VIN Registrar" that we've got. He's pretty much able to decypher most of the VIN's thrown at him. We might consider getting his input.

[janie]

To date, -joe (Joe Schaefer) has been the best "VIN Registrar" that we've got. He's pretty much able to decypher most of the VIN's thrown at him. We might consider getting his input.

Lindel, that's a good idea and I agree, Joe is really good with this. He's the one who figured out the paint codes on Peso and determined it was a Golden Eagle package.

I spoke to Joe before he left and he's out of pocket again til around Thanksgiving.

[Rogue]

yea I pretty much had Joe in mind when i thought who should oversee such a project, maybe him and shimniok would be up for tag teaming that kind of a thing

from a user's standpoint - i never saw elliots deal - was just a simple post and I would reckon it would take a while to actually have enough info to start compiling the data

the older these trucks get the more important i see this kind of thing being needed. for example i would LOVE to chop the Cherokee i have but i have a feeling not too many cherokee s 401 were built in 74 and i hate to ruin it... now give me a woody and i'll chop the crap out of it

[fulsizjeep]

the older these trucks get the more important i see this kind of thing being needed. for example i would LOVE to chop the Cherokee i have but i have a feeling not too many cherokee s 401 were built in 74 and i hate to ruin it... now give me a woody and i'll chop the crap out of it

We crushed a 74 Z rated Cherokee in 2003. I didn't even flinch.

[Lindel]

You don't mention where the engine was when said Chero was flattened.....

[Don S]

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Fellow drunken and armed moditaters;

I saw a FSJ vin# site in the UK about 5 years ago but my brain fragged since then. ... Maybe this post can trigger some other brain to fragg.

Have a good one and Eugene the Jeep says..?Jeep FSJ Jeep!? CUL.. Don S..

Ps. C_J I'm trying to remember to use the blue emocons...

[Rogue]

We crushed a 74 Z rated Cherokee in 2003. I didn't even flinch.

ouch! that hurts....


thanks for making mine worth more

[fulsizjeep]

This poor ole Cherk had been sitting in some swampy area next to a pond for several years, had settled to the axels and had mass rust. I did salvage a few things off it before the crusher took it. The 401, tranny and QT had been gone for a while. Some you just crush once you get what you want off it.

[Rogue]

some things are just too far gone to save....

Since it looks like the mods are into this, I'm gonna move this to Suggestion and see what the General Public thinks.....

[Dome]

I agree that #1. this is a cool idea, and #2. w/ what Krista said about the future FSJ "wiki" that shimniok is working on. Once it's up and running, the "wiki" will be perfect place for this kind of stuff.


Don't understand what in the hell I am talking about when I say wiki? Then read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

[Don S]

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... In the days before the electrical abacus (computers), the term 'wiki up' was used to describe a temporary abode made of locally available natural materials and used to shelter people and their meager belonging from the harshness of the weather.

I found this strange link:

http://www.w3.org/blog/BPWG?tempskin=_rdf

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Have a good one and ?Jeep FSJ Jeep!? CUL.. Don S..

[Dngrsone]

I used to have a '53 CJ3B and I listed the VIN an a CJ3B website. It was good because if you ended up with an old vehicle and searched you could find the previous owners or even a history of the vehicle.