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what does it mean when your VIN doesn't exist?
#11
If your dealing with a non-profit and not the DMV maybe their database is effed up...
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#12
Ken Sp. wrote:
Maybe since it came from overseas, maybe it was never really registered here.
Thats what i asked the guy. he said it didn't make a difference.

Ken Sp. wrote: Is there a VIN near the dash? Either behind the window or on the A-Pillar (between the windshield and the door glass.
nope. that was the first place i looked. than the door. than under the hood.
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#13
Dubya wrote:
If your dealing with a non-profit and not the DMV maybe their database is effed up...

Actually he told me he was just running a carfax report. And as i recall, when this piece first came over here, I did a carfax report and me and a friend of mine had a good laugh when it came up as invalid VIN. We aren't laughing now though.
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#14
So what is the real problem? They won't let you donate it now?
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#15
You're including the WDB, correct?
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#16
mikebw wrote:
So what is the real problem? They won't let you donate it now?
You are correct.

Z wrote:
You're including the WDB, correct?
You are correct.
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#17
Kinda thinking out loud here...
I wonder if Daimler-Benz customer service could figure it out? Maybe there's something they have to do at their end to enter the VIN into the "it left Europe to seek it's fortune in the America's" system?
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#18
VIN WDB1260241A201735
Model 300 SE
Chassis 1260241A201735
Engine 103981 12 002294
Transmission 722319 02 710750
Order 0 5 250 05439
Approx. year 1985
Dealer Duisburg branch (250)
Interior leather pebble (275)
Paint
702 smoke silver metallic (ñ 01.01.1983)
Options
227 ashtray and cigar lighter in the rear, illuminated (ñ 01.03.1980)
240 outside temperature indicator (ñ 01.03.1982)
241 left front seat electrically adjustable with memory feature. only applicable to w 210 when installed in conjunction with code 275. (ñ 01.03.1983)
242 right front seat electrically adjustable with memory feature. only applicable to series w 210 when installed in conjunction with code 275. (ñ 01.03.1983)
406 single seat with orthopaedic front seat backrest, left and right (ñ 01.07.1970)

412 electric sliding roof with tilting device (ñ 01.07.1983)
446 tempomat (cruise control), steering column, electrically adjustable, and airbag (ñ 01.02.1980 ïî 31.10.1993)
461 Unknown code
491 USA version (ñ 01.01.1963)
506 outside rear view mirror, left and right, heated (electrically adjustable on the right) (l.h.d.) (ñ 01.10.1983 ïî 31.03.1989)
outside rear view mirror, right, convex, taxi export version
519 Becker radio Grand Prix electronic cassette - USA (ñ 01.08.1980 ïî 30.11.1990)
Becker radio Mexico Grand Prix, electronic (USA)
531 automatic antenna (ñ 01.01.1963)
543 sun visor with vanity mirror, illuminated, left and right (ñ 01.11.1978)
551 anti-theft warning system (ñ 01.11.1978 ïî 31.03.1998)
588 automatic climate control and electric window lifters (front and rear doors) (ñ 01.01.1977)
592 heat-insulating glass, all-around, heated rear window pane (laminated glass), band filter
green heat-insulating glass all round, heated rear window, laminated safety glass - tinted strip (ñ 01.01.1972)
600 headlamp wiper/washer (ñ 01.08.1971)
611 courtesy lamps for front and rear doors, with W124 also for central doors/W202 front doors only (ñ 01.11.1978)
639 elimination of first-aid box and warning triangle (ñ 01.08.1977)
640 aluminium disc wheels with radial-ply tires (ñ 01.10.1969 ïî 31.12.1989)
806 Change of year of model, last figure shows new model year
873 seat heater for left and right front seats (ñ 01.02.1984)
877 reading lamp in the rear (ñ 01.11.1963)
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#19
Figured out my problem - character sets - the Russian page from http://old.mbclub.ru/mb/vin/?lng=eng wasn't playing well with phorum. Anyway, that is what the MB database says, based on data provided from the above reference website.
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#20
Z wrote:
Figured out my problem - character sets - the Russian page from http://old.mbclub.ru/mb/vin/?lng=eng wasn't playing well with phorum. Anyway, that is what the MB database says, based on data provided from the above reference website.

Put the car on a plane back to Russia with a note indicating that the adoption didn't work out.
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