Fake VIN number, 1970 needs one last number Options

[pgollender]

My 1970 with a california re-assigned ID number is ready to go back on the road after nearly 5 years of restoration. When I bought the car it had a California re-assigned ID number because of a falsified VIN. About 10 years ago there was an investigation by a Fresno police officer that used a Fry's method of recovering the real VIN. His investigation was almost successful, he identified and recovered NINE out of TEN digits. So the car is one of 10 possible.
If the group can help by supplying any of the missing known numbers that would greatly enhance the chance of restoring the true ID number of my vechicle by process of elimination>
This is the partial number: 4702905_48. Anybody that has that third digit could respond. If I get lucky, REALLY lucky, I'll have 9 responses. Any help is appreciated.

[Tom_T]

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So your Fresno officer's prior work either has the "0" in place #5 wrong, or else the "0" & "9" in places #5 & #6 respectively are transposed.

Unfortunately, this then may also reflect negatively on the accuracy of the other digits.

What it the "Fry's method" to which you referred that he used?

Have you also checked for the VIN stamped into the passenger side front wheelhouse top inside the trunk?

... &/or for the VIN plate on the inside face of the right front headlight housing in the trunk &/or the plate in the windshield's driver A-pillar?

... &/or for the Chassis No. on the front jamb of the driver's door &/or stamped in the rear floor of the rear trunk?

The Chassis # may be a way to trace the VIN too.

But I'd assume as a stolen car or whatever with fake VIN, the thieves or fraudsters probably ground them all off & removed all I.D. plates.

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Good Luck!
Tom
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[pgollender]

What it the "Fry's method" to which you referred that he used?


Good Luck!
Tom
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Tom, Frys is a chemical etching solution that uses ferric chloride and HCL acid that is used when the fraudsters grind off the serial or in this case VIN numbers. All the plates and numbers were missing on my vehicle. It was remarkable that he recovered 9 out of 10.
I will check out the chassis lead too.
BTW he had the number right, I had transposed the "5" and "9".

[pgollender]

Ok I found the chassis number stamped in the trunk: it is:
1239531
Now what do we do with that ?