Enter the 17-character VIN of your Morris to see the factory basics. Free, with no registration.
Look on the dashboard, the driver's door frame or in the registration document.
Type all 17 characters. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN.
See the factory basics for free, and order a full report for the history behind the VIN.
The Morris VIN decoder reads the 17 characters of a VIN and shows the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture. It is free and needs no registration. Our data for the brand covers one model, the Marina, with version data for the years 1970 to 1980, body styles Coupe, Sedan and Wagon, and a highest power figure of 110 hp.
A VIN does not contain accidents, mileage, theft records or previous owners. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report.
Pick a Morris model to see how its VIN works.
A modern VIN has 17 characters, and the letters I, O and Q are never used. The first three are the WMI, which identifies the manufacturer and the country. We do not currently have any WMI codes mapped to Morris, so there is no list of codes or countries to show here. Our list is not complete, so a VIN that starts with other characters is not a problem in itself.
The rest of the VIN follows a fixed layout. Characters 4 to 8 describe the vehicle, character 9 is a check digit (required in North America, while many European VINs fill it differently), character 10 gives the model year, character 11 the plant, and characters 12 to 17 are the serial number.
The version data we hold for Morris runs from 1970 to 1980. The 17-character VIN applies to cars built since 1981, so a Morris from those earlier years may not carry a 17-character number at all. This decoder only reads 17-character VINs, so it cannot help with an identifier in another format.
Every VIN has six parts. This is what each of them means.
| Part | Characters | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| WMI | 1 to 3 | World manufacturer identifier: who built the vehicle and where |
| VDS | 4 to 8 | Vehicle descriptor: model, body type and engine, as set by the manufacturer |
| Check digit | 9 | Control value that helps confirm the VIN is valid |
| Model year | 10 | Code for the model year |
| Plant | 11 | Code for the assembly plant |
| Serial | 12 to 17 | Production sequence number of this vehicle |
On the driver's side, visible through the windshield.
On a sticker on the door frame or the edge of the door.
Printed in the vehicle registration or title.
Stamped on the firewall or the frame on many models.
A VIN is built from six parts, and each one says something about the vehicle. Our guides explain how to read it and what it can and cannot tell you.
Enter the 17-character VIN and see the factory basics in seconds.
Look at the vehicle registration document first, then on the car itself, where the number is usually stamped on a plate or on the body. Check that the characters match, and remember that a 17-character VIN is only expected on cars built since 1981.
The first three characters are the WMI, which tells you the manufacturer and the country. We have no WMI codes mapped to Morris at the moment, so we cannot list any here. That says nothing about whether a particular VIN is valid.
On a 17-character VIN the model year is the tenth character, a letter or a digit. Our Morris version data covers 1970 to 1980, which is earlier than the 1981 start of the 17-character system, so the year may have to be taken from the car's documents instead.
It shows only what is coded in the VIN itself: manufacturer, model year and country of manufacture. Accidents, mileage, theft and owners are not stored in a VIN.
Compare the VIN on the car with the one in the registration papers, and make sure the number is readable and has not been altered. Because the Marina data we hold covers 1970 to 1980, also ask the seller how the car is identified, since the number may not follow the 17-character format.