carfax for 1966 model?

peglomaniac · January 21st, 2011, 10:30 PM

Hello, I do not have a carfax subscription any longer.. I let mine expire because I predominantly buy older cars and the serial numbers I needed to look up were too short to register on a carfax search. Can anyone tell me how to do a carfax or similar report on a 1966 Olds with a thirteen digit serial number?

many thanks
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jaunty75 · January 22nd, 2011, 05:16 AM

I think you'll be out of luck. I don't believe carfax searches go back earlier than the early 1980s.

I don't think there's anything similar to carfax, either, that you could use to search on the history of your car. We'd all love such a thing, and people on here are constantly discussing and lamenting our collective inability to do much in the area of tracing the history of our cars.

joe_padavano · January 22nd, 2011, 07:10 AM

I know it's hard for younger people to believe, but there was actually a time BEFORE the internet.

Information like registrations and such were actually recorded on this stuff called paper. Virtually none of that info is available electronically and CarFax is restricted to vehicles with 17 digit VINs.

Not gonna happen.

jaunty75 · January 22nd, 2011, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by joe_padavano

I know it's hard for younger people to believe,

I'm 54. How old are you?

sicky olds · January 22nd, 2011, 03:40 PM

27 :d

joe_padavano · January 22nd, 2011, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaunty75

I'm 54. How old are you?

Ya got a year on me, Gramps.

jaunty75 · January 22nd, 2011, 05:03 PM

See. Yer jest one o' them young whippersnappers!

jaunty75 · January 22nd, 2011, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sicky olds

27

Child.

You're restoring a '69 H/O? You know, there's a rule that you can't own, let alone restore, a car that was built before you were alive.

jpc647 · January 22nd, 2011, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaunty75

Child.

You're restoring a '69 H/O? You know, there's a rule that you can't own, let alone restore, a car that was built before you were alive.

Well this is a problem. Both of my cars, my dd and my Oldsmobile are older than me.

jaunty75 · January 23rd, 2011, 07:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jpc647

Both of my cars, my dd and my Oldsmobile are older than me.

That's quite all right. I actually think we would all benefit from getting involved with cars older than we are because, along the way, we would get a chance to know about a different, less familiar era.

January 21st, 2011, 10:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
peglomaniac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada in the summer and south of Phoenix in the winter Posts: 3	carfax for 1966 model? Hello, I do not have a carfax subscription any longer.. I let mine expire because I predominantly buy older cars and the serial numbers I needed to look up were too short to register on a carfax search. Can anyone tell me how to do a carfax or similar report on a 1966 Olds with a thirteen digit serial number? many thanks peg

January 22nd, 2011, 07:10 AM	#3 (permalink)
joe_padavano Old(s) Fart Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 12,023	I know it's hard for younger people to believe, but there was actually a time BEFORE the internet. Information like registrations and such were actually recorded on this stuff called paper. Virtually none of that info is available electronically and CarFax is restricted to vehicles with 17 digit VINs. Not gonna happen. __________________ Joe Padavano 62 F-85 Deluxe wagon 64 Jetstar 88 Conv 66 442 L-69 Conv 68 W-30 69 H/O 69 442 70 W-30 72 442 84 Custom Cruiser 86 Caprice wagon (w/307 Olds)

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jaunty75 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: southern New Mexico Posts: 6,050	I think you'll be out of luck. I don't believe carfax searches go back earlier than the early 1980s. I don't think there's anything similar to carfax, either, that you could use to search on the history of your car. We'd all love such a thing, and people on here are constantly discussing and lamenting our collective inability to do much in the area of tracing the history of our cars.

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