VIN # for 1975 RQB2273

[Brooks Barnes]

Hello all, So I was wondering if someone out ther could tell me where the VIN # for my 1975 Coupe is located.... I checked the hinge area of the driver's door. and the driver's side bottom of the windshield... nothing there,,, any help? Brooks

[Gunslinger]

Check the body behind the drivers door…below the door lock.  There should be a label.

[Brooks Barnes]

Hey Gunslinger, now that I have got the door open, 1. I have checked below the top hinge on the A pilar. 2. under the lock post on the aft door opening on the lower B pillar, 3. Driver's side of the dash where the windshield meets the body. 4 under the fam motor on the passenger's side on the frame for the tag......... nothing in any place

[Brooks Barnes]

It may seem strange I am looking for the VIN # when I am saying it is RQB2273,,,,, the Bill of Sale (no title provided at time of purchase) said it was RQB2273 and the last owner is deceased thus lost title. In SC you must have a Law Enforcement representative witness the VIN # to apply for a title when the title is lost. 

[mfg]

2 hours ago, Brooks Barnes said:

It may seem strange I am looking for the VIN # when I am saying it is RQB2273,,,,, the Bill of Sale (no title provided at time of purchase) said it was RQB2273 and the last owner is deceased thus lost title. In SC you must have a Law Enforcement representative witness the VIN # to apply for a title when the title is lost. 

I don’t think your Avanti ll has a VIN……because the seventeen digit VIN’s were not applied to American cars until 1981…..

Your car has a SERIAL NUMBER (RQB2273), and it should be registered under that number…. unless your State insists on applying a new seventeen digit number to your Avanti…

It’s odd that you cannot find the factory  metal serial number plate on the driver’s side ‘A’ pillar…. For whatever reason, a previous owner must have removed it….(It was only riveted on)….perhaps during a repaint?

[Brooks Barnes]

I looked closely for the rivet holes .... nothing... very strange....

[Gunslinger]

The car may received body damage at one time…and repairs might have seen the plate removed…not replaced and the rivet holes fiberglassed over.  

[Brooks Barnes]

Finally found it.... ON THE DASH AT THE EDGE WHERE THE WIND SHIELD MEET THE FRAME

[mfg]

2 hours ago, Brooks Barnes said:

Finally found it.... ON THE DASH AT THE EDGE WHERE THE WIND SHIELD MEET THE FRAME

Well, that will help at registration time very much… It’s all that you really need to confirm your car’s “identity”!