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Old 06-11-2009, 10:20 PM   #54
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Re: Deciphering the McLaren F1 VINs

A friend reminded me of this LM3 photo which doesn't appear to be included here yet, however it was originally shared back in 2004 by drewwtms.



Unfortunately his flash, coupled with the weave of the carbon and the polished resin did a number on the clarity of the VIN as you can see. I figured it was still salvageable for our purposes here so I played around with the brightness and contrast levels in Photoshop. I feel pretty confident about being able to confirm - SA9AB5AC2T1048LM3 - which had previously been labeled as "assumed" on the list in post #28.

Here's an altered version of the image for those who think I am crazy. I actually had to raise the levels up and down several times in order to be confident about each character. Also enlarging the critical area was quite helpful. I have presented the top half at the middle of the range of adjustments I was making. The bottom half is pretty self explanatory I think.



I marked #065 as confirmed by photo as well, since I hadn't done so after the earlier post.

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