GM didn't specify it anyplace Tim, but as Cletis sez it's been established here the Chevy frame vin stamping started with the 55.2 trucks onward, never seen a TF truck without it ... also, I believe the number was only stamped on the top rail by the steering box until the early 60's, when they started putting it further back, under the cab

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics