Is it possible to get a Carfax on a former license plate?

Kinja'd!!! "Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
02/01/2015 at 20:44 • Filed to: None

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Just out of curiosity after hearing that you can search by the tag number for free. I've been kicking myself for forgetting to write down my Mustang's VIN... But if it is possible, can anyone look up PDI2001 (registered in Georgia in late 2012, early 2013) and tell me stuff about it?


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Kinja'd!!! jkm7680 > Rainbow
02/01/2015 at 20:46

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'88 Mustang LS. That is the extent of my knowledge, Huehue.


Kinja'd!!! Rainbow > jkm7680
02/01/2015 at 20:48

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LX. ;)

But yeah, all I know is it was an '88, it had at least one former owner (who was a chain-smoking redneck named Crystal), and it probably hasn't been registered since I sold it because the new owner is restoring it for his then ten-year-old son.


Kinja'd!!! jkm7680 > Rainbow
02/01/2015 at 20:50

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I cannot spell today apparently, haha.

Probably smells like whatever meth smells like now, Haha.

Restoring it for a 10 year old? Jeez, I wish somebody restored me a car when I was 10.


Kinja'd!!! Rainbow > jkm7680
02/01/2015 at 20:53

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They're building it together. I only got $800 for it (it needed a new starter at the time, and otherwise was barely scraping by) so I'm guessing it's going to be his present on his 16th birthday, and until then it'll be a nice father/son project.

And for the life of me, I can't find any build threads of it on any forums or anything. You have no idea how happy I would be to be able to watch their progress.


Kinja'd!!! jkm7680 > Rainbow
02/01/2015 at 20:56

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Haha, I'm sure that would feel good to see an old car being restored back to it's former glory.


Kinja'd!!! XJDano > Rainbow
02/01/2015 at 20:58

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Do you have any insurance papers from when you had it? My insurance cards have my vin on it.


Kinja'd!!! Rainbow > XJDano
02/01/2015 at 21:04

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I might, but I don't know where they would be.


Kinja'd!!! XJDano > Rainbow
02/01/2015 at 21:05

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Long shot, but your insurance agent maybe able to get it for you.


Kinja'd!!! Rainbow > XJDano
02/01/2015 at 21:15

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I suppose it's possible. I just want to check up on it every now and then to make sure it's still alive.

Also, I loved it enough that I'm almost certainly buying another after my Escort. It would be cool to get the same one if it happens to be for sale at that time.