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Number: 1381
From: "negusm" <negusm@y...>
Date: Thu Sep 26, 2002  1:02 pm
Subject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] CarFax

Body:
Sandy, would want help collecting some of your registry into a
digital format? I'm a software developer and am handy with just
about anything computers. I could get it into either an Excel
spreadsheet or an Access database or pretty much anything else.

-Mike



--- In ascmclaren@y..., "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...> wrote:
> IF you want it for 1986 COUPES, I'll post it when I have the
chance.
> It will take me much effort & time! 1985 Coupes, you can 4-get.
By
> the way, most V-8s were NOT McLarens!! But rather Capri RS models
> for 1985. They also offered the 302 V8 in the Capri GS model, as
an
> option, so there are a few of them, as well.
>
>
>
>
>

--- In ascmclaren@y..., "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...> wrote:
> > ASCs....
> >
> > There is nothing in the VIN to denote that a certain car is or is
> NOT
> > an asc/McLaren. This is true of any model/year from 1984 to 1990.
> >
> > Brent, you are correct, the cars were ordered in batches, but not
> all
> > VINs are in order. Example of what I mean:
> >
> > 615010 thru 615070 might all be asc/McLarens....that would be 60
> > consecutive cars. THEN the next batch might be 615444 thru
615543,
> > or 100 cars to ASC. However, NONE between 615071 and 615443 went
> to
> > ASC. Understand?
> >
> >
> >
> >

--- In ascmclaren@y..., "Brent Abrams" <babrams@l...> wrote:
> > > Mike,
> > >
> > > Anytime I come across an asc/Mclaren I have been recording the
> vin
> > number &
> > > info on the car and putting it in an Excel spreadsheet.
> > > I started doing this because many times I would see a car in a
> > parking lot,
> > > or at a car show and then I wonder if it was the same car I had
> > seen before
> > > or if it is a different one.
> > > There is another '86 EuroCoupe that is an almost exact
duplicate
> of
> > mine,
> > > the ONLY difference is it has the power lock option and mine
> > doesn't. Here
> > > is what is most interesting to me about this, our vin numbers
are
> > only FIVE
> > > numbers from each other. Mine is #618892 and it is #618897.
> > > I would bet that ASC ordered the cars from Ford in batches.
> > >
> > > Brent
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "negusm" <negusm@y...>
> > > To: <ascmclaren@y...>
> > > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 9:52 AM
> > > Subject: [ASC McLaren ] CarFax
> > >
> > >
> > > > So I ordered a history report from car fax. It didn't really
> > tell me
> > > > much I didn't know, except the police report where the car
was
> > hit in
> > > > Florida. I wonder if you can get an old Police report from
the
> > > > report number....
> > > >
> > > > So I started messing around on the site and putting in
various
> > made-
> > > > up VINS...one off from my own and it looks like all the cars
> were
> > the
> > > > same build type, 5L standard, etc....
> > > >
> > > > I then wondered if I should write a program to check all the
> VINS
> > > > against carfax and get a complete list of all the VINs for
1985
> > > > coupes that had that engine/tranny/body combination.
> > > >
> > > > Would that list be at all helpful? I'm not sure that it
> would. I
> > > > bet there would be thousands of VINS...
> > > >
> > > > what would be interesting is to see where these cars fell in
the
> > > > production run...whether they were grouped or randomly spread
> > out...
> > > >
> > > > or maybe there is an easier way to get the list...I know
carfax
> > > > obviously has it.
> > > >
> > > > -Mike
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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