VIN Lookup and VIN Decoder sites

[enio45]

anyone use any of these sites, similar or are they  part of the NICB report data base. 

I ran a VIN and it came back and it defined it as a 68 Camaro L34 built car - is this possible that i can know what this car was built as?   Is the data reliable or what should i make of it?

Thoughts??

[MO]

Personally, I don't think they can be taken seriously. It seems that every post I have seen about these sites in previous years, say the car in question is a 396. There were two posted here just today.

[buenymayor]

Nothing in a first gens VIN will tell you which engine the car originally had other than if it was a L6, or V8 car. Those online VIN decoders are generated just to get peoples hopes up it seems.

[enio45]

Appreciate the thoughts - i knew there was no way to tell via the vin, unless it was able to match the vin to the build sheet somewhere - yea thats a big wishful thinking they had the foresight to do this.   

[FRANKTHECRANK]

DECODETHIS.COM will decode 17 digit VINs and give you the basic info a VIN will reveal. 1981 and newer.

VINWIZ.COM will decode earlier 13 digit VINs and will give you the limited info the VIN will reveal. 1950 to 1980