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Re: [oletrucks] What happens if... (RE: VIN#)

To: "Ole Trucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] What happens if... (RE: VIN#)
From: "Jake Heaton" <jacobh@ida.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 13:44:06 -0600
Just to clear up a little miss understanding, I don't have a title for my
truck either.  The man I got my truck from can't seem to find the original
title, which kind of pisses me off just a little bit.
Thanks
Jake Heaton
Preston, Idaho
1952 GMC Panel Truck
www.ida.net/users/markhe/jacobh/index.htm

----- Original Message -----
From: <varanus@pointecom.net>
To: Jake Heaton <jacobh@ida.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] What happens if... (RE: VIN#)


> On 12 Jul 2000, at 22:08, Jake Heaton wrote:
>
> I believe the motor number is also the vin number on our 47-54
> trucks.  My 51's vin on the title is the same as the motor number.
> Otherwise, there is not a secret number located on the frame of
> anywhere else. You'll have to have a vin applied from DMV after
> they run a stolen vehicle check on it.
> Good Luck.  You could also steal a vin from a junker and
> clutchhead bolt it on the door pillar and no one would be the wiser.
> Your call but it's no big deal.
> >     What happens if you own a 52 panel truck that currently has no
> >     motor,
> > and didn't when I bought it?  I bought my truck as a frame, body, body
> > parts, and a bucket of extras.  Is there some number on the body some
> > where that would qualify as a vin #?  HELP ME PLEASE!  My unlce, who I
> > purchased my truck through, said that he could get me a title as soon
> > as I got him a Vin #.  By the way, this list is kinda spooky if you
> > ask me.  Two major topics of late started shortly after I reached that
> > stage in my project or the topic had been sugested to me.  (i.e. the
> > vin # thing, and the bra thing.) ----- Original Message ----- From:
> > Nelson, Jeff - DTC <jnelson@paducah.k12.ky.us> To:
> > <oletrucks@autox.team.net> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 9:59 AM
> > Subject: RE: [oletrucks] VIN # ?
> >
> >
> > > VINs (vehicle identification numbers) were developed by the federal
> > > govenment as a standard way of uniquely identifying vehicles in this
> > > country. I'm not sure when this went into effect as a DOT regulation
> > > (late 50s or early 60s). Since that time, state DMVs use the VIN for
> > > titling all vehicles. Prior to that time, states used different
> > > numbers. In some cases they would use the engine serial number and
> > > in other cases they would use manufacturer's vehicle identification
> > > numbers.
> > >
> > > Your VIN# is whatever is on your current title. If the number on the
> > > title does not match what you gave below, then they may have used
> > > the engine serial number. This can become problematical if the
> > > engine has been
> > swapped
> > > out since the vehicle was titled.
> > >
> > > By the way, the vehicle ID you give works out as:
> > >
> > > H = 3100 (1/2 t)
> > > 55 = 1955
> > > O = Oakland assembly plant
> > > 01517 = 516th vehicle off of the assembly line (unit numbers began
> > > with 01001)
> > >
> > > I got this breakdown from Don Moen's Serial Number page at
> > > http://www.chevytrucks.org/users/rusty1/numbers.htm
> > >
> > > Jeff Nelson
> > > 1953 3600
> > > Paducah, KY
> > >
> > > > ----------
> > > > From: Mark Self[SMTP:markself@discover.net]
> > > > Reply To: Mark Self
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 8:51 AM
> > > > To: Oletrucks list
> > > > Subject: [oletrucks] VIN # ?
> > > >
> > > > I remember in the past someone said that vehicles prior to about
> > > > '55 didn't have VIN #'s.
> > > >
> > > > On my '55 1st, all I can find is the ID # on the drivers side door
> > > > post. It's H55001517.  Is this considered my VIN #, or am I
> > > > missing something?
> > > >
> > > > ====================
> > > >             Mark Self
> > > >          Redlands, CA
> > > >    '55 1st 5-window 3100
> > > >    "Sentimental Journey"
> > > > ====================
> > > >
> > > > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and
> > > > 1959
> > > >
> > > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and
> > > 1959
> > >
> >
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and
> > 1959
> >
>
>

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