Hi guys and gals.

I am a newb to this forum but not a newb to Fords as I am now the wrong side of 40 and have had many...nearly all of which I had kept and sold now so I could retire

Anyways...on my travels I came across a bit of a rare old beast...it's badged as an XR3i yet has pop out rear windows and Recaros (possible factory options or maybe retro fitted). I couldn't find any number plates on the car and no vin plates on the slam panel but further investigation in the footwell and I got a number starting WFOBXXGCAB******* which tells me it's a Cologne built one. I work in the car industry and have access to a parts website that will decode all vehicles from the vin...except this one.... when I enter the number it says "vehicle not found". I am certain I am entering the vin correctly but some people say there is no use of the letter 'O' in a vin number as it can be confused with '0'...so it's a bit of a head scratcher.

I was just wondering if anyone else had experienced a car not showing up on a vin decoder. I am reluctant to upload a photo of the full vin number for obvious reasons but any light on the subject would be helpful. Many thanks