I cannot speak to the magic marker #'s, they can mean anything. The frame # on the embossed plate on the driver's side rear will not correspond directly to a vin #. They seem to have been used only for the frame inventory and the only correlation to the vin # is a card file I saw in Columbus, Ohio at the wharehouse tour. According to Leif Montin (former parts manager of DMC and at the time employed by DMCH) it was only for the early cars and was not kept up. James Espey said at some point in the future it may be made available. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, <ken@xxxx> wrote: > > I had my rear bumper off and my number did not match the VIN either > > There is also another embossed number on the driver side below the AC To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/