Welcome to the 'bolt. I'm not trying to be testy but VIN questions are asked a lot. Each gets about the same range of answers. Using the search function at the top of the page will get you more info than you can shake a stick at. Most states used the engine number as the VIN through the 55 model year. Your engine number is on a raised boss behind the distributer.

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