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Try opening a few different pictures and look at their info/details. My digital camera takes different data size pictures, however I just noticed on my phone they are all the same size, regardless. So, disregard my hypothesis. Must be just a glitch on the site.Nothing special. 1995 Camaro convertible. Bought it at an auction as a police CUC/V. And we all know where that went from there. It has an R title because it was confiscated in a huge drug bust. I had it since 1996. The police used it for about 6 months as a CUC/V civilian under cover vehicle. Since the internet came along the auctions have gone wild. People pay more for scrap vehicles then you would for one running drive-able and inspected in the same year make and model. I don't get it. They sell it as salvage and they still pay list price. I think it is like a you are not going to out bid me war. I like it at times. But only when I am the seller. Have a great day. The shine on the Camaro and the chrome wheels just overloaded the picture with data. Is that what you are telling me. It can't be snow. We have total white out pictures loaded. You interested in the Camaro?
In Pennsylvania the R code on the title means reconstructed vehicle. In the case of the Camaro it was a seized vehicle and the bank held the title. I have a 2006 Dodge magnum that was abandon at the airport and sat in an impound lot for about 3 years. No one claimed it and it was sold for salvage with a salvage certificate. It came from New Hampshire and you must get a Salver to advertise the vehicle and do the legal work and then it gets a salvage certificate issued by the state. That is no one comes forward and claims it and pays all the storage and cost accrued to that date of reclamation. Being that no one came forward and made claim in this case. Then you must take it to a vehicle enhancement mechanics station and have it inspected stern to bow by a Pennsylvania certified state inspection mechanic. I have a license but do not do my own inspections for legal reasons. After the vehicle is certified a title is issued by the state and it still retains the same VIN and all other pertinent information. It is branded with an R so future owners know it has a shady past. I also have 2008 Chevrolet Impala police that has an R title. It was left parked in deep water and the floor and lower seats got wet. It was a year old and has been a great car. The only problems I ever had was the power seat switch and the front door speakers. I gutted the car 2 weeks after the storm and pressure washed everything. You can not even smell pork in it anymore. It was a nice unmarked probation officers car with 21 K on it. It has well over 125K on it now and is in awesome condition. 3.9 V6. OK I hope that explains the R. Carfax has most collisions listed. I had a CUCV that was wrecked when parked and the insurance company paid me for the entire truck and left me keep it. when I sold the truck the buyer brought a Carfax and it said total loss paid and date the insurance company paid. That deal went south fast. It was a left bed side a door and front fender.Both bumpers and brush guard. Damage exceeded the value of vehicle. i took the money and fixed the truck. they just put it on the vehicle record without my knowing. The guy did buy the truck after I showed him the pictures of it wrecked. Labor and the replacement parts were the killer.Trailer is empty Goal met and exceeded. R titled 1995 Chevrolet Camaro Bowtie up front as stated. The nice pile of oak blocks and boards from the snow covered trailer. My little helper worked hard. about 11F today. very low wind chill. My engine and drive-line warranty sticker on the Mule. After last years complete over haul. That Mule even looks cold. This is my M1028 replacement. I sold this and bought that.That's something new to me:
- Does it mean "restricted" or something?
Many folks prefer the smell of pork over the smell of arse.. You can not even smell pork in it anymore.
I'm running a custom set up.CUCVLOVER, what kind of exhaust are you running? The reason I ask, 'cause your engine, trans may be stock but your exhaust definitely does not sound it, just curious.
I may have to do a speed video, so you guys won't be in trouble with the law alone.
3 tire failures this week...
The shredded one to the left is DO1403. The NTB tire guys didn't recognize that date code. The other two that failed are 518. IIUC they're either 17 or 27 years old. They all had vent spews, those little rubber "hairs" that stick out of a new tire. The tread on all was excellent. As you can see from the photo on the left, the sidewalls were less than excellent, though they looked OK before going flat. The truck has 7,000 miles on it, though who knows the history of the tires... The tires passed state inspection, and several mechanics judged them OK.Have any idea what the date code was on them?
Many folks prefer the smell of pork over the smell of arse.[/QUOTE
Not so true they smell period. I bought over 30 police cars and everyone is filthy inside when I go to pick it up. If you let it set in the sun for a week or 2 before you clean it the steering wheel is so sticky and slimy I have to wonder what was going on in that car. I always find fresh fries and ketchup packs between the seats. Years back the interior was soaked in cigarette and cigar ashes. The seats had food and trash stuffed between them. And not the back seat that was usually spotless. I bid on these cars from townships, city and state auctions and sealed bids. Pa State Police cars were always the cleanest the local was cleaner. The sheriff and city cars were pig pens. I think the steering wheel thing is the grossest of all. Now the local sheriff just use standard issue cars like Buick's and Chevrolet Malibu's. Nothing special about them anymore. The Ford CVPI are gone and I am not a Dodge or a Ford Taurus guy. I don't even look at police cars anymore. Last one i bought was a 2010 Ford CVPI and I just about broke even on it. The market is slim on these cars. People are ski-dish about buying these cars and like I stated they bid them up and want to pay lot price for the vehicles. So I stick to my statement. They are unusually filthy. Not as bad as some repo's and abandons but dirtier then I would expect. Don't get a flustered. Just stating my experience. Yours may be different and that is fine.
I believe the date code is just 403. When I zoom I see the "1" is actually a "T". So being a 403 makes it born on 1993, or 1983, which I doubt. Before the year 2000, date codes were three digits, as it is usually evident by the fine cracks on the sidewalls if a tire is more yhan a decade old. The last digit is the only indication of the year. After the year 2000, they started using a four digit date code, so you have both of the last digits of the year, clarifying any doubt. Your tires explain the need for having a four digit code. The two preceding numbers are the week of the year. Both systems had to have "DOT", so that also tells you for sure that the number in question has to be a "t". Here's a link that might help.Thier book doesn't include the CUCV values. When I did two tires on the M1009 in the fall (sidewall tread separation on 11 year-old tires), I brought the technical manual with me. The factory manual overrides their book apparently.
1403 sounds like 14th week of 2003, and if that's right, that was a 13 year old tire... sidewalls just don't last that long. Always one of those points with me it apocalypse movies, that and unleaded gas fuel powered cars running after two years (fuel doesn't last that long).
The tire techs at NTB debated whether that was a 1 or a T. 1983 would make sense if that were the original spare in a 1984 truck. The way the sidewalls disintegrated in the cold, I suspected it might be original. I drove on that tire briefly this summer. I was rotating tires and needed to run an errand in the middle of the process. Since the spare (firestone) didn't match the other tires (wranglers), I just rotated the others and put the spare back. It seemed fine at the time. The tire guys had never seen such a dramatic sidewall failure. Neither had I.I believe the date code is just 403. When I zoom I see the "1" is actually a "T". So being a 403 makes it born on 1993, or 1983, which I doubt.
1983 is correct. To be from year 1993 the code had to end with a small triangle, to the right. (DOT 403<).... 1983 would make sense if that were the original spare in a 1984 truck. .
Wow. A 33 year old tire. I'd never looked at date codes before. When I asked mechanics to assess the tires, I guess they only looked at the tread, and not the date codes. They all gave the tires a thumbs up. You'd think the State safety inspections would check the tire dates. All they checked was tread.1983 is correct. To be from year 1993 the code had to end with a small triangle, to the right. (DOT 403<)