The HiPo Registry is back!

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Today's the day.

For seven years now you've been asking me, and for seven years I've been saying "something is coming."

Well — today it's actually here. The Registry is back.

hipo-registry.com

We also made a Facebook-Group

I've teamed up with Evantugby on this. He's been doing the careful work of keeping a K-Code registry for years, and a lot of what's going into this is built on his eye for what actually matters when you're looking at a kar.

Two of us, one registry.

We did think about reaching out to the keepers of Tony Gregory's old registry and picking up where it left off — but the data there is so far out of date that we decided it's cleaner to start fresh than to graft new records onto old ones.

What it took to get here: months of evenings, weekends, thousands of Dollars and a few too many late nights. 1,039 changes and additions to the site to get the foundation right — the part where members can register a car, where owner data stays private, where verification actually means something, where photos don't end up on someone else's server.
It's built from scratch, and nothing about your car gets sold to anyone, ever.

What you'll find:

• A public, searchable record of every K-Code we can verify
• VIN-level detail, engine and trans castings, warranty plate, the things you actually want when you're trying to figure out if a car is real
• Owner-controlled privacy — VINs are masked publicly, full data unlocks for registered members
• A verification workflow with a real human looking at real photos, not a checkbox form

Browsing is free. Registering your car is free. No account required to look around.

If you want to support it

The registry pays its own bills through optional memberships — no ads, no data sales.
If you become a member you're helping keep the lights on, and you also get a few things back:

• Full VIN, owner contact and verified photo access on every listed car
• The proper verification done on your own car (1 per year on Silver, up to 4 on Gold)
• A registry certificate with your unique K-number after verification - printed and signed for the shop wall)
• Gold also: reserve a K-number, personalised window sticker, keychain, and sticker pack

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Have a K-Code? Add it. Know one that should be in there? Send the owner a link.

Find a mistake? Tell us — we'd rather hear it than have it sit there.

Thanks for waiting seven years. Hope it was worth it.

Niko & Evan

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It appears that I was the first to sign up for this registry.

-Fred-

Hi Fred,

You were actually our very first subscriber for one of the supporter plans - huge thanks for that!

And congrats on reserving K-0289. Honestly can't think of a better person to have it!

Niko

Hi jwc66k,

Sorry for the late reply.

That is great history, and honestly exactly the kind of background we hoped people would bring into this.

I completely understand the question. A lot of K-cars have been “registered” several times over the decades, in books, private lists, club records, forums, and older registries. Part of the reason we started fresh is that the information is scattered, in different formats, and often very hard to verify today.

We did look into the previous efforts. I have been in touch with Jim Smart and even bought both Mustang Production Guide books (on eBay and for way too much money). But their registry was not a dedicated K-Code registry, but a broader Mustang registry and production guide effort.

Regarding Tony Gregory’s old HiPo registry, we would have liked to pick up where it left off if that had been realistically possible. From what I know, Tony Gregory has not been heard from in years, and the old data appears to be with Marv Shaner. I did write to Marv, but unfortunately never received a reply. And even if we had been able to get access, much of that data would now be around 20 years old, so owner information, car condition, locations, photos, and verification status would all need to be checked again anyway.

That is why we decided the cleanest and most responsible approach was to build a new registry from the ground up, with current submissions, current photos, current owner consent, and a verification process that makes sense today.

One thing that is important to us: we do not think this kind of information should ultimately belong to one or two individuals forever. If at some point in the future Evan and I can no longer maintain the project or decide to step away from it, our plan is to make sure the registry can continue for the community, potentially by open-sourcing the project or otherwise handing it over in a way that keeps it usable. These cars and their history are bigger than any one person.

So in short: yes, we are very aware of the earlier work, and we respect it. But rather than importing old, possibly outdated data without fresh consent or verification, we are trying to build something current, transparent, and sustainable.

Best,
Niko

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How and where do we put our car information at? Thanks

Just register at https://hipo-registry.com, confirm your email and when you log in, you'll be guided through the registration process.