USA Patrol Registry

[Coyote Patrol]

Why does some of the vin plates in RMP &Os post say Yokohama Japon and not Japan?

[RiverPatrol]

Haha! Good observation! It might be because the ID plate is for the Spanish speaking market? The rest of the labels on those ID plates are in Spanish also.

[Coyote Patrol]

This is like an episode of YOUR BLEEPED UP BRAIN. Funny how i noticed the Japon and didnt notice everything else was in Spanish.

[Coyote Patrol]

Leslie, do you want a pic of the vin plate from my truck build for the registry? Or will it matter since its a Frankenstein custom build?

[RiverPatrol]

Since it came off one of your donor Patrols, then yes, it should get added to the Registry.

[rawml]

I have 4 for the US Registry. (1964) 4-L60-01527 is my Patrol sitting in my garage in Parker, Colorado. The engine was replaced with a 4.3L Chevy V6.

(1963) L60-2-00114 was crushed by a dude after I took parts off of it. (1963) L60-2-01135B was a rustbucket that was scrapped. (1964) L-60-3-01530 was missing the engine and scrapped. Since the vehicle's were crushed for scrap, I can't get pictures of the vin on the frame

[RiverPatrol]

This is great! It is confirmation of known Patrol's, that's good enough.

[rawml]

What is the deal with all the variations in the VIN number? It appears the format changed a few times each year. Especially with the earlier years.

[RiverPatrol]

Yeah, the pics above are a very good example of the very confusing VIN numbers. The VIN numbers even restart at zero in the early years. Some have a letter at the end which I've never been able to figure out. I think about '66 is where the format seemed to stabilize; after that the numbers continued consecutively through the years.

[dubber]

1966 patrol hard top. near 90 % + or - a little. pics to follow tomorrow