Can someone tell me where the frame serial number is located on the frame
on a '58 GMC?
TIA,
Jim V.
'58 GMC Suburban Carrier Pickup - V8 Automatic
At 08:50 AM 2/9/99 Tuesday -0800, BelAir Bob wrote:
>Eric,
>
>Your missing VIN tag could get you in a world of trouble here in Texas.
>Any law inforcement officer can confiscate your truck on the spot for not
>having a factory installed VIN tag. A good friend of mine is a Texas DPS
>Motor Vehicle Theft Service Investgator. He was looking at my Panel a few
>months ago and noticed that the VIN tag was attached with pop rivets. He
>asked me if I had done that and if the VIN number stamped in the frame
>matched the tag. They did not. He told me to check my title and see which
>number it matched. I told him that I had not changed the VIN tag, that it
>was that way when I bought it. He told me to check it out and get back to
>him. He said he would have to "run" the frame munber if it didn't match
>the title and hopefully it wouldn't come up stolen. Scary thought. He
>said if the tile did match the frame he would help me get a state assigned
>VIN tag. He said I would need to fill out a Form 68A, with his assistance,
>and he would process it. He said the only way to get the assigned VIN tag
>was to go through a DPS Motor Vehicle Theft Service Investigator because
>they have to verify all of the numbers and they have to process the form.
>I , like you, started to loose sleep over my title problem.
>
>When I checked my title, I found it matched the body, not the frame. This
>made me a little sick. When I bought my Panel several years ago I also
>bought a 55-2 3600 that came with a big wad of paperwork. The previous
>owner was trying to get a title for the Panel so he switched the VIN tags
>between the two trucks. In the wad of paper work I found a VIN tag that
>matches my frame and a bill of sale from the Weatherford Sheriff's office.
>I showed all of this to my DPS buddy and he suggested that I call the
>Weatherford Sheriff's office and see if they would reissue the bill of sale
>in my name. They did. Every thing is cool now, my buddy is processing my
>Form 68A and I'm not loosing any sleep.
>
>As for your question about a replacement original style VIN tag, I've never
>seen one and if you found one, you would still need the state assigned tag
>as well.
>
>Happy Hunting
>BelAir Bob
>57 1/2 ton Panel custom
>57 Belair Sport Coupe restored to factory specs.
>
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>> From: varanus@mail.phoenix.net
>> To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
>> Subject: [oletrucks] VIN plate question
>> Date: Monday, February 08, 1999 4:14 PM
>>
>> Hi again: my vin plate is missing. This sometimes makes it hard to
>> get inspection as the inspectors don't know that vin numbers
>> were same as engine numbers prior to 1958. I would like to put a vin
>> plate back where it should be. Are there any options such as
>> having the state dmv approve a new vin plate? They will give me a
>> vin sticker but I also want the original style plate. It keeps me
>> awake nights knowing it is not there.
>>
>> Maybe I am wrong but I thought that for a restoration, there was a
>> way to do this.
>> Maybe not.
>> Thanks
>> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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