I was treasure hunting in the AAA Auto Wrecking junk yard located in North Auburn/ South Kent today and came across a black Type R shell in pretty bad shape. It's completely stripped though the body doesn't appear to be wrecked, I'm asuming it was theft related. Just wondering if it belonged to anyone on here and when it dissappeared from the owner?

Here is the VIN# if someone can trace it to authenticate the chasis and what not. All my cop buddies are too busy at the moment.
JH4DC2388VS005009


Modified by Haleiwa-Brando at 1:20 PM 8/18/2005

 

Don't all ITR vins start with
JH4DC231

?

 

http://www.itrca.com/FAQ/general/vincode.php
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Understanding your vehicles serial (VIN) number

1st character- Identifies the country in which the vehicle was manufactured.
Japan(J) (All Integras are made in Japan)

2nd character- Identifies the manufacturer.
Honda(H) (Acura is not a manufacturer).

3rd character- Identifies vehicle type or manufacturing division.
Type-R is(4)

4th to 8th characters- Identifies vehicle features such as body style, engine type, model, series, etc.
DC231 (DC2 is a 2 door Integra, 31 is a Type-R)

9th character- Identifies VIN accuracy as check digit.

10th character- Identifies the model year.
For example:1997(V), 1998(W), 1999(X), 2000(Y), 2001(1), 2002(2), 2003(3)

11th character- Identifies the assembly plant for the vehicle.
Suzuka Japan (S)

12th to 17th characters- Identifies the sequence of the vehicle for production
as it rolled of the manufacturers assembly line. </TD></TR></TABLE>

http://www.itrca.com/FAQ/general/vincode.php

 

I'm unfamiliar with the Honda VIN numbers. I was under the imperssion that there was no order to them, as the Type R's came off the assembly line.

 

Are you positive that is the vin? It looks like a 97 3dr GSR from the vin.

 

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I'm not positive, this is why I was asking someone to run it. The color code matched the paint, the interior code matched the interior, and I checked all the vin numbers and they all matched each other.

 

If that was the correct vin for the car then that means it was not a type r.

Did you notice that it had a sunroof?

RS should have a vin with DC4.

 

 

According to carfax.com

VIN JH4DC2388VS005009
Year/Make/Model: 1997 ACURA INTEGRA GS-R
Body Style: HATCHBACK 2 DR
Engine Type: 1.8L L4 PFI DOHC VTEC
Manufactured In: JAPAN
Search Results: 17 records found in our database


Edit: Good one rob!

 

Few!

Glad it was a GS-R. Well....a mod can now lock this retarded post.

Reported to moderator for deletion

 

good work detective

 

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the 12th to 17th characters (numbers) are the ones that seem to have no correlation to the badge numbers and/or engine block numbers.

That is definitely not a ITR as already mentioned b/c of the 8 after 'dc23'.

still sad to see a car in that condition, R or not

 

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JH4DC231

?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yep.

 

yep i called them causei wanted the shell and it is a gsr

 

this actually sound like my integra.... did this integra is missing the front end...where the radiator support is missing? it has type r stickers on the side, but actually its a gsr... there's jdm optional sideskirts (fiberglass) in the car?