Type R VIN and Engine numbers.

[infurNOS]

Hi all in the market for a type R and while im coming across a few sellers with type Rs i have been asking for engine and vin numbers for my checks, in my process i came across this "type R".

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=8465492&__sid=128A29542448&__Qpb=true&Cr=6&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_PriceSort_Decimal |1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&keywords=&__N=1216%201247%201282%201252%204294965322%2042949 65105%204294921591&seot=1&__No=45&__Nne=15&trecs=75&silo=1011

engine number: b18c21300247
VIN: jhmdc23800S300242

according to my calculations, this isnt a type R (dead giveaway with the engine number).
and according to http://www.civicforums.com/forums/31-canada-east/48382-who-knows-how-decode-vin-number.html It would indicate VTiR as

jhm = honda made in japan
dc2 = model
3=2 door 5 speed
8= VTiR (a 1 would indicate a Type R)
00 = check digit
3 = 1994 for vehicle year
and the rest is serial number

Any one else confirm this who may have come across the same issue (sorry this is the first time i have decoded a vin number..) but im pretty sure this is a fake type R?

engine bay pic:
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/Munro001/02012010062.jpg

looks like a type R head so im thinking the block has been changed?

engine number:
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/Munro001/22052010.jpg

Thanks

[fabezzz]

Might be a type r with a vtir engine either that or its just a converted vtir

[infurNOS]

pics added

[Giraffe]

mmm from the link its seems like theres no sun roof , 5 stud, no moulding. if this isn't a real type r , then alot of work has been put into it to make it look legit. but the engine and vin numbers dont add up to be a real type r.

[Giraffe]

could also be a type r head on vtir block, somenone confirm ?

[infurNOS]

yea the VIN equates to a VTiR...so i dont understand....

[infurNOS]

mmm from the link its seems like theres no sun roof , 5 stud, no moulding. if this isn't a real type r , then alot of work has been put into it to make it look legit. but the engine and vin numbers dont add up to be a real type r.

re check carsales link...i put the wrong one upaha sorry

[geeang]

I would be careful, I don't know why he's listed all his interior parts.

The way he's listed it is like someone who owns a DC2/DC4 and is showing off their extra OEM additions.

[infurNOS]

Do you have the right link/pictures? The pictures show a black car, while the link is of a red ITR. :S

should be correct now

[foujee]

Why don't you ask the seller ?

[infurNOS]

the seller denys everything. hes is 100% sure its a type R and doesnt believe me when i say the numbers dont match..

[Wez_R]

im in victoria and just done a quick check on vic roads web site and it says written off status: inspected write-off. just give sa roads or whatever they call it a buzz

[DC2-PWR]

Might be a type r with a vtir engine either that or its just a converted vtir

Or perhaps its a Vti-R? :p

[civic_girl]

if he denys everything i would leave it then.. i made the mistake of making a quick sale from nsw and buying a car which i didnt check out and when i tried doing a rego swap here in sa they said it was a write off.. and when i contacted the seller he denied it. some ppl are so dodgy.. i reckon keep looking.. dont make the same mistake i did :)

[infurNOS]

sticky?

[infurNOS]

ttttttt

[ajbm]

Insurance job...