Need Help with strange VIN#

[scaraj]

I just came across a 69 Fastback with a really strange VIN#. The # is 9T11F111111. The third and fourth digits ('11') have me confused. I thought they should be '02' for a sportsroof.....what the heck is an '11' body code?

 

[JB66]

Body Code 11 is for a base model 3 door Pinto sedan in '79. Check the fenders and other body panels to verify your VIN.

 

[gt/cs]

Sure are a lot of 1's. Either it's an extraordinary coincidence or it's a fake plate.

Edit: unless you just posted the sequential number as all 1's and I'm making an *** of myself

 

[390Fe]

Is that the vin from behind the windsheild or is it off the door? Some states 'created' vins for cars that had been stolen and had the real vin removed...this allows it to be re-registered.

 

[scaraj]

The sequence number is 111111 which I also find strange, The number's match the stamped fender aprons. Maybe the car was 're-numbered' like 390Fe said.

 

[ratio411]

Could it have been a rebuilt wreck sometime in the past.
Maybe it got a salvage title and someone 'fixed' it and got a new number.
Usually these cars are well documented to protect future buyers, but if it was done years ago, they could get away with a lot.
I have seen rebuilt salvage from 10-15 years ago, before laws got strict, that have a clean title... whitewashed in effect.
Dave

 

[reenmachine]

I came across a Mustang here in Arizona a while back that had "AZ" in the middle of the VIN, right before the sequential number. It apparently signified that the car had been retitled by the state due to salvage, theft, or something similar.

Maybe this is some other state's way of doing the same thing.