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Number: 1385
From: "negusm" <negusm@y...>
Date: Fri Sep 27, 2002 9:22 am
Subject: [ASC McLaren ] Re: CarFax
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Hmmmm, so to completely whip a dead horse....
Was there any other option that the 5L engine in 1985? I've looked
everywhere on the net and only see the "M" engine code. This would
explain why I haven't found any 6 cylinder Capris in CarFax....I
guess Sandy was completely right, the data is probably no longer
available.
What was interesting is seeing how many records each car had....some
cars had 9 or more records in CarFax and they were kindof grouped
together.
I tested 10000 vins last night and every one came back as a 5L car.
-Mike
--- In ascmclaren@y..., "negusm" <negusm@y...> wrote:
> Well, I wrote the program which kind of prodded through the
> Vins...it never found anything but 5L cars...I think car fax will
> accept any correct vin, provided the "check" digit in the vin is
> correct (digit 9).
>
> For giggles sake, I toyed with it until I figured out the algo for
> the "check" digit. It is simply a BASE 11 number with X
> being "10"...0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,X...and it is calculated off from
> the last 6 digits of the VIN. Lets say your Vin ends in:
>
> 607867
>
> You would take the first number "6" and multiply it by 7 subtract
> one and divide by 11 and take the remainder. This is Value 1.
>
> You then take "0" multiply it by 6, add to Value 1, divide the
> result by 11 and take the remainder. This is Value 2.
>
> You then take "7" multiply it by 5, add to Value 2, divide the
> result by 11 and take the remainder. This is Value 3.
>
> You then take "8" multiply it by 4, add to Value 3, divide the
> result by 11 and take the remainder. This is Value 4.
>
> You then take "6" multiply it by 3, add to Value 4, divide the
> result by 11 and take the remainder. This is Value 5.
>
> You then take "7" multiply it by 2, add to Value 5, divide the
> result by 11 and take the remainder. This is Value 6.
>
> Value 6 is your check digit, unless it is 10 then it is "X"
>
> Here is some quick VB code that figures it out:
>
> Dim digit As String
> Dim num As String
> num = Right(sText, 6)
>
> digit = (Mid(num, 1, 1) * 7 - 1) Mod 11
> digit = (digit + Mid(num, 2, 1) * 6) Mod 11
> digit = (digit + Mid(num, 3, 1) * 5) Mod 11
> digit = (digit + Mid(num, 4, 1) * 4) Mod 11
> digit = (digit + Mid(num, 5, 1) * 3) Mod 11
> digit = (digit + Mid(num, 6, 1) * 2) Mod 11
>
> If digit = 10 Then
> digit = "X"
> End If
>
> Yeah, I was bored...
> Carfax barfs on everything except the correct check digit.
>
> -Mike
>
>
--- In ascmclaren@y..., "Brent Abrams" <babrams@l...> wrote:
> > Mike,
> >
> > Just an FWI on getting a reports from CarFax on Capri's.
> > I know of several people that have run '85 Capri RS's and '86
> Capri 5.0L
> > cars through CarFax and it reports that they are GS trim cars.
> > If you were able to write a program to search their site looking
> for just
> > the V8 equipped cars and catalog the vin's in a spreadsheet, I
> believe that
> > you might be the only one to do so.
> >
> > Brent
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "negusm" <negusm@y...>
> > To: <ascmclaren@y...>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:49 AM
> > Subject: [ASC McLaren ] Re: CarFax
> >
> >
> > > Which list? The list of 1985 vins of ASCs, or the list of 1985
> vins
> > > of Mercury Capris?
> > >
> > > Carfax obviously has the master list (or a damn near complete
> one) of
> > > VINs of the 1985 Mercury Capris. Putting in VINs that are
> slightly
> > > incorrect as far as engine code, prompts you that it is a close
> match
> > > to another code which is correct. Now this will not tell you
> whether
> > > your car was an ASC but it will give you an idea as to what
ford
> made.
> > >
> > > -Mike
> > >
> > >
--- In ascmclaren@y..., "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...> wrote:
> > > > I have the list you speak of, but only for 1986. The 1985
> listing
> > > > was shredded, and no longer exists.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
--- In ascmclaren@y..., "negusm" <negusm@y...> wrote:
> > > > > 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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> > >
> > >
> > >