Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1989 Thomas Built School Bus

1T7A4G832K1487329 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
32 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenOct 18, 2023
CA
Last seenJun 24, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1T7A4G832K1487329
Make
Thomas Built
Model
School Bus
Model year
1989
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)
Decoded at
Jun 28, 2026
vPIC returns make / model / year / body class / GVWR. Fields it does not resolve are shown as Not decoded rather than guessed.
Decode evidence & sources

Deterministic structure

These fields come directly from VIN positions and the published checksum calculation, with zero store IO.

World manufacturer identifier
1T7

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
A4G83

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

Model year candidates
1989 or 2019

Position 10 repeats every 30 years; both candidates are retained and neither is silently selected.

North American serial sequence
487329

Deterministic · positions 12–17 for a North American WMI.

Sourced platform inference

The prefix store publishes only at support ≥ 3 and purity ≥ 90%. Prefix confidence is shown beside every established platform claim.

Not established

No supported platform claim is established for this prefix

The resolver answered successfully but returned no row above the evidence floor. This does not mean the vehicle has no platform or that no data exists; it means this store cannot make the claim.

Federal observation (NHTSA vPIC)

What the federal corpus observed directly for this exact VIN — independent of, and sometimes more specific than, the prefix-level inference above.

Observed model year
1989

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
THOMAS BUILT

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
School Bus

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Bus - School Bus

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
BUS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 18, 2023 – Jun 24, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 24, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0RICK EVANS TRANSPORTATION INC 23767976LHE078/CA
Oct 8, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0RICK EVANS TRANSPORTATION INC 23767976LHE078/CA
Oct 4, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0RICK EVANS TRANSPORTATION INC 23767976LHE0789/CA
Oct 4, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0RICK EVANS TRANSPORTATION INC 23767976LHE078/CA
Oct 18, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only0RICK EVANS TRANSPORTATION INC 23767976LHE078/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
RICK EVANS TRANSPORTATION INC2376797Oct 18, 2023Jun 24, 20265CA
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
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Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
6LHE078CA1RICK EVANS TRANSPORTATION INCOct 18, 2023Jun 24, 20264
6LHE0789CARICK EVANS TRANSPORTATION INCOct 4, 2024Oct 4, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 28, 2026