I'm not assigning my own vin, simply taking the one on my title and stamping it in a new plate to actually mount on my truck.
That's actually the problem in a nutshell- - - - -people have been fabricating ID plates to match paperwork for decades- - - -including buying a junked or totaled-out vehicle with a good paper trail, stealing another vehicle, and falsifying the ID plate. We're not saying that's what you're doing, but there are serious legal consequences possible for what you're planning to do unless you have the original ID plate in your possession. There are LEGAL ways to accomplish the same thing, but simply stamping your own plate is not how to go about it.
Manufacturers usually used an unusual height, font, or both to stamp ID plates, plus Chevy used a specially-designed rivet to attach the plate in at least some cases.
Jerry
