Anyone ever looked up history of their Corvette?
07-31-2012, 02:27 PM
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Anyone ever looked up history of their Corvette?
wondering if its possible, I know they have carfax for newer cars but im wondering if theres a true way to find out the past ownership of my `79. id like to see when/why things were swapped and done to the car. it may sound silly but ive so far found I have the engine out of someone else's 74 in my 79 
I know its a long shot at best but i wondered since i have this VIN off the engine for the 74, maybe someone else out there has what came from mine or maybe that person is wondering where thier numbers matching engine went.
not only that but it sure looks like some guy who was very dangerous with a screwdriver got a hold of mine and never put back the screws to the dash. not to mention the fact very few screws there match anything to do with a car much less a corvette
oh well, just wondered
I know its a long shot at best but i wondered since i have this VIN off the engine for the 74, maybe someone else out there has what came from mine or maybe that person is wondering where thier numbers matching engine went.
not only that but it sure looks like some guy who was very dangerous with a screwdriver got a hold of mine and never put back the screws to the dash. not to mention the fact very few screws there match anything to do with a car much less a corvette
oh well, just wondered
07-31-2012, 02:48 PM
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07-31-2012, 02:59 PM
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bubba!!!I don't think bubba owned my vette I think he was the drunk assembly line Friday worker who built my vette >
too many annoyances to get into but yeah my vette has bubba in it everywhere
07-31-2012, 08:21 PM
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I'm not sure how it works for you gentlemen; but up here whenever you buy a used car, you get the entire ownership history of the car(as long as it was bought and sold up here of course). You can see the dates of registration, as well as the name of the previous owner and the city where they lived. This coupled with GM vintage services out of Oshawa, Ontario can give you basically everything right back to the day she was born.
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I'm not sure how it works for you gentlemen; but up here whenever you buy a used car, you get the entire ownership history of the car(as long as it was bought and sold up here of course). You can see the dates of registration, as well as the name of the previous owner and the city where they lived. This coupled with GM vintage services out of Oshawa, Ontario can give you basically everything right back to the day she was born.
One things for sure, the last bubba working on mine had no screws to work with and plenty of access to the hardware store screw bin for the few he put back.
08-01-2012, 12:33 PM
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I'm not sure how it works for you gentlemen; but up here whenever you buy a used car, you get the entire ownership history of the car(as long as it was bought and sold up here of course). You can see the dates of registration, as well as the name of the previous owner and the city where they lived. This coupled with GM vintage services out of Oshawa, Ontario can give you basically everything right back to the day she was born.
That would be really cool.
Down South here, we're lucky to know who the previous owner was. Let alone the car history.
08-01-2012, 12:54 PM
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Summer: do you have any documentation with the car? Start with the previous owner and see what he/she might have.
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08-01-2012, 05:00 PM
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I have the honor of knowing the entire history of mine. My sister bought it brand new in 80and then gave it to me since she never used it anymore. I know you are jealous. 27000 original miles when I got it in May and now almost 30K. She loves to be back on the road promoting the "WAVE". I love my sister! lol
08-01-2012, 05:17 PM
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I bought my `73 in Dana Point, CA from the owner of 33 years. In addition to most of the original documentation on the car, he also has just about every receipt (except gas) from day one.
It was a pretty hefty digest to go through, but lots of fun to see what was done to the car over the years and get the specs on the engine/tranny rebuild.
I'm fairly certain I found my red 64 air coupe for sale in the C2 section - - but I'd love to find my first `73 coupe from back in tehd ay. I periodically run through the C3 registry and Google search the VIN- but no luck.
I sold the car to another cop in Columbus and I heard one of the Firestone Steel radial 500's blew and took off a front fender- I dunno, maybe they junked it- but I'd love to find it again.
It was a pretty hefty digest to go through, but lots of fun to see what was done to the car over the years and get the specs on the engine/tranny rebuild.
I'm fairly certain I found my red 64 air coupe for sale in the C2 section - - but I'd love to find my first `73 coupe from back in tehd ay. I periodically run through the C3 registry and Google search the VIN- but no luck.
I sold the car to another cop in Columbus and I heard one of the Firestone Steel radial 500's blew and took off a front fender- I dunno, maybe they junked it- but I'd love to find it again.