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Old 08-16-2006, 12:09 AM
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WTF! a friend of mine just got a 93 notch (wants to be like me) and we ran the Vin on the ford fleet site i have linked and it came up a hatchback???? WTH anyone got any idea's and would anyone be willing to do a carfax to see if it was a hatch that someone made a notch, is that even possible?
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Old 08-16-2006, 12:13 AM
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That link says my car is a lx but its really a gt. I think its just not 100% correct basing everything on vin.
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Old 08-16-2006, 12:18 AM
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that site sayd my car is a GT... even though it notes my engine HP at 240 and my engine code as D
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Old 08-16-2006, 12:24 AM
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hopefully it is just a bug maybe somewhere out there someone has a 1993 gt that comes up as a notch back lol
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Old 08-16-2006, 01:40 AM
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i could do a carfax for ya. just pm me the vin
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That link says my car is a lx but its really a gt. I think its just not 100% correct basing everything on vin.
that is due to the fact that there is a difference in the VIN between 87-93 LX's and GT's, yet not for 82-86 GT's....
If anyone wants a GOOD and CORRECT decoder, I helped to write this one...

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/Detailed/626.shtml
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Old 08-16-2006, 02:25 AM
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ORIGINAL: ZachW04Stang

That link says my car is a lx but its really a gt. I think its just not 100% correct basing everything on vin.
that is due to the fact that there is a difference in the VIN between 87-93 LX's and GT's, yet not for 82-86 GT's....
If anyone wants a GOOD and CORRECT decoder, I helped to write this one...

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/Detailed/626.shtml
uuuhhhh nothing happens when I click Decode Now!
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Old 08-16-2006, 02:35 AM
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worked for me, what are the first 11 digits of your VIN?
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Old 08-16-2006, 02:36 AM
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worked for me, what are the first 11 digits of your VIN?
very rare last GT of '86

IFABP28MXGF326991
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the I is a 1, that is why it did not work
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