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Old 10-19-2008, 02:05 PM
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vin number problems

I have tried to use Carfax to get a history of my "74 450 SL, but my vin number is only 14 digits and the web page wants to see 17 digits. I read somewhere that the letters WDB should be added to the front of the vin number and I tried that to no avail. Does anyone out there have any ideas about this problem??? As always any help would be greatly appreciated.................Thanks............Dan

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Old 10-19-2008, 04:49 PM
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Carfax makes no claim to having any data on pre-1981 cars.

http://www.carfax.com/about/car_history/hcabout.cfm
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Old 10-20-2008, 10:04 AM
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My "74 450 SL shows 47,000 miles on it and I was wondering if that was really the true mileage. Is there another source for title research that might provide some insight into my true mileage???
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Old 10-20-2008, 03:30 PM
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Odometer

I have a 1978 SL and after fixing an intermitant odometer I wouldn't trust them at all. I could have set mine to any milage I wanted to, they are very easy to "adjust". I should have set it to 000000 but I left it as I found it.
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Old 10-24-2008, 11:37 AM
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My "74 450 SL shows 47,000 miles on it and I was wondering if that was really the true mileage. Is there another source for title research that might provide some insight into my true mileage???
in texas you can do a title search back to new, az probably is similar. should answer all your questions.
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Old 10-27-2008, 10:53 AM
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Thanks for your post, I will give the DMV a try........Dan
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Old 11-13-2008, 11:41 PM
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Russian VIN Website

Greetings Everyone.

http://old.mbclub.ru/mb/vin/?lng=eng

http://www.benzworld.org/forums/r129-sl-class/1355007-russian-vin-website.html

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