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Agreed, it is a great service, but the original point of it was to determine the year. As pointed out earlier in this thread, David Doyle wrote an article at some point explaining the VIN scheme and it was not as simple as looking at the s/n. I am certainly no expert, I just know I've seen...

So, why is there a whole thread where you can post VIN's to figure out the year of your truck? Not saying you're not right, but why wouldn't people just look at the registration number?

I thought the "71" in the serial number indicated the contract year, which may not necessarily be the same as the year of manufacture.