Always like it when an email lets me know the club they follow.
The question was, Why are all the Production Year pages different? Question was more wordy and complicated than that, but that’s not important.
The reason is: On most production years I’m still doing research and don’t have the data or trying to determine what data that I’ve collected to include. There is also that dreaded time. I only work on the Wiki a few hours a week as I spend far more time on the other Registry items like editing the data that goes in the books. The timeline is unclear and I’m not really rushing it. I most cases the interest is light so it can’t be the entire focus of my free time like it was in years past.
Another email was received from a VOA member that was asking about rarity of a particular Year/painted Viper. All I can do is refer you to the Wiki and you can determine it by what you see there or on other sites across the web. With that said, I only know the accuracy of mine. These question (if possible) should be asked including the VIN, at that point, I should be able to give you a far more detailed answer.
Another VOA Member asked how I got my data. Not a secret, you can verify VIN’s using a FCA website and also obtain equipment lists on various FCA websites. Every time the corporate ownership changes hands or names, some of these pages move or are renamed and even show up under vehicles that have nothing to do with the Viper. Got to be flexible
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I’ve received a number of inquires about Dash Plaques for Vipers where the original is missing or damaged, Simple answer, I did these for almost 13 years. Maybe a grand total of 7 for Vipers in all that time because I couldn’t produce what was “Exactly” there. Did Several Hundred for the RAM SRT-10, some Syclone’s and a few Lightnings. As of 10/01/2020 I stopped doing these. The just weren’t worth the trouble. With that said. If you show a Trophy Shop and/or Vinyl shop what you need, they may be able to duplicate it. That is the best option. From my understanding, and maybe I’m wrong, dash plaques were never intended to be a part to buy later down the road. Also, FCA/Dodge/SRT in most cases that I heard of, can’t tell you what was on the plaque if missing, if that is different, post up as there are a number of people trying to figure out their # of.
Good day
Vj
