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Re: Can You De-code serial number for '49 Panel?? Toms49Panel #1531834 01/06/2024 6:38 AM
Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 2,242 Nampa, ID Fibonachu Herder of Cats, Goats, and Sheep (moderator)
Fibonachu Herder of Cats, Goats, and Sheep (moderator) Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 2,242 Nampa, ID	You are at least a decade too early for the engine type to be in the VIN. I have never seen a vehicle that encoded the trim level, colors, options, etc in the serial number. It is just that. A serial number. In 49 it wasn't even a VIN. From the Rocky Mountains? Check in with the RM Bolters! HiPo Forum Moderator 1958 Task Force Truck "Frank" gets a new lease on life Follow in the DITY Gallery 1959 3200 Task Force The Ballad of Enkidu The Saga in the DITY Gallery ~ and the story continues

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
Can You De-code serial number for '49 Panel??	Toms49Panel	01/05/2024 9:38 PM
Re: Can You De-code serial number for '49 Panel??	Gdads51	01/06/2024 1:40 AM
Re: Can You De-code serial number for '49 Panel??	Toms49Panel	01/06/2024 4:07 AM
Re: Can You De-code serial number for '49 Panel??	Fibonachu	01/06/2024 4:14 AM
Re: Can You De-code serial number for '49 Panel??	Toms49Panel	01/06/2024 4:17 AM
Re: Can You De-code serial number for '49 Panel??	klhansen	01/06/2024 7:42 AM
Re: Can You De-code serial number for '49 Panel??	Mike B	01/08/2024 2:39 AM
Re: Can You De-code serial number for '49 Panel??	Peggy M	01/08/2024 5:47 PM
Re: Can You De-code serial number for '49 Panel??	Toms49Panel	01/08/2024 10:35 PM
Re: Can You De-code serial number for '49 Panel??	Toms49Panel	01/06/2024 5:59 AM
Re: Can You De-code serial number for '49 Panel??	Fibonachu	01/06/2024 6:38 AM
Re: Can You De-code serial number for '49 Panel??	Toms49Panel	01/06/2024 2:32 PM
Re: Can You De-code serial number for '49 Panel??	Fibonachu	01/08/2024 6:34 PM
Re: Can You De-code serial number for '49 Panel??	klhansen	01/08/2024 7:42 PM
Re: Can You De-code serial number for '49 Panel??	Mike B	01/12/2024 5:08 AM
Re: Can You De-code serial number for '49 Panel??	Fibonachu	01/12/2024 5:38 AM
Re: Can You De-code serial number for '49 Panel??	Mike B	01/12/2024 1:40 PM
Re: Can You De-code serial number for '49 Panel??	Toms49Panel	01/08/2024 10:38 PM

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