the vin wasn't put on frames until after 55, the engine number was used to title vehicles almost everywhere until after that - if the plate is gone and you don't have the original engine you'll have to take it up with your DMV

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 & Rust-a-holics Unanimous parking lot