identifying car

[graphicjunkie]

I've been using the search function, and I've come up with no luck.

 

So I just got my car home from Northern Wyoming to Colorado. It was a free to tow car, no title, no nothing...get it off my property kind of deal. I took the VIN, and tried to pull it up on line, and it's says it's not a valid VIN. From a thread on VIN's I found in a search, I discovered it's at least a 260Z...as the VIN starts with RLS30. But when I try to pull a vin check it says it needs 17 characters. I would really like to find out all the grit on this car. Can someone tell me where I can find the codes to break down what and where on this car?

 

For purposes of this thread, here's my vin

 

RLS30-014283

 

Thanks

[OlderThanMe]

My early 260 is RLS30-012743.

 

I am guessing that your 260 is an early 260 (better) and has the 240Z style bumpers.

That means when you start ordering suspension stuff get it for a 240Z because it has the smaller strut housings. The late 260Z has the 280Z suspension and strut housings.

 

What is the production date? It should be near your drivers door latch mechanism.

[graphicjunkie]

well, I know it was built 12/73. It has a body kit on it that I thought might be a factory option. But under the bumper you can see original blinkers...so someone did a jimmy rig job on it. I will look for that tag tonight.

 

But how/where can I breakdown the VIN?

[OlderThanMe]

Check "Zhome.com" for good info about the VIN.

 

"S30" is what denotes it as a Z.

"R" denotes it as a 260

I think "L" means it is a 2 seater. Not sure though.

 

Then the last digits are the production number of the car. That is all there is to the VIN code.

You usually can't find history on a car from before they moved to the 17 digit VIN numbers.