When I had my car registered here in Kansas, it was a slow day at the DMV,
and I asked if I could find out how many 1960 Desotos were registered in the
state. She informed me there was 1 other and told me the county it was
registered in. She was unable to break out models (not that I cared. There
is so little difference between a Fireflite and Adventurer.) I don't know
if what she told me was accurate or not, but that info she gave me may be
what these companies use to find this out. It wont help someone trying to
break out the '58 Furys from the rest of the '58 Plymouths, but it is a good
# to start with. Has anyone out there used this service, and what # of
survivors were you given for your model? Did it sound like a reasonable #?
Robert in K.C.
'60 Adventurer
http://carnut.com/photo/mopar/60soto.jpg
> > As someone who works for the DMV (in Oregon), I have to challenge any
> > organization who claims to be able to give an exact (or even
> approximate)
> > number of how many of a particular vehicle are "left" of our Forward
> Look
> > vehicles. VIN numbers on cars did not necessarily mean anything until
> 1981,
> > when federal law mandated a 17 digit VIN, with certain VIN digits
> meaning
> > certain things, including a model line.
>
> > Prior to 1981, auto manufacturers, and in fact manufacturers of anything
> > with wheels that operated on our highways, could devise their own VIN
> system
> > to mean anything that manufacturer wanted it to mean. Take for example,
> my
> > 1957 Plymouth Fury. I know that 7438 of these cars were produced. I
> also
> > know that somewhere in the neighborhood of 17 cars have been positively
> > identified by The Golden Fin Society. In Oregon, at least, DMV does not
> > track vehicles by model, prior to 1981 models, AT ALL, because of the
> many
> > variant VIN systems used by manufacturers. How many other states are
> also
> > this way? I know that some states don't even issue titles for vehicles
> that
> > are over a certain age!!
>
>
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