Thanks for all ths info. I guess mine is long gone. No big deal. I was just trying to figure out why my number was so different from the others I have seen on-line, and the motor number makes since to me. The motore was deifnately changed out, so that is not original. I guess as long as I have a clear title in hand, the VIN plate does not matter. I just wanted to make sure mubers matched up, but I can see now that is not going to happen. Also, i was looking for build plant info, etc... With no real VIN plate, that is out of the question. This explains why I had so much trouble tryong to obtain a resto pack from GM. They had no way of pulling my truck info with the VIN number assigned to the truck from the state of Texas.
