Hi Gang,
I don't have any VIN # problems, YET. In 1926 there were no VIN #'s and the frame # was a tag on a wooden part, as far as I can tell. Not much wood left and no tag. I have two engines, one of them might be restorable, but time will tell. So using an engine # is an option, but both aren’t new, so I might want to change them again later. What should I do to get it registered and get some insurance on it; it will be used as a truck, very carefully of course. How do I come up with an ID for this truck, I don’t think there will be many left, only 151 truck chassis made that year. And a whooping total of 410 trucks chassis the next year. I could pick a frame # from the range that was used that year and re-make a tag. But you all know Murphy’s Law. I tried to find the original papers, but they were lost in time according the grandson of the original buyer.
I could give it a #, made up, to have a unique #. Any hints on that solution?
Anyone in Canada with the original papers for his truck (pre ’30)?
Why do I want to know it now, two or three years away from running? (he wrote hopefully
) Because now I can put that # in every important part, without much trouble, it will be covered with paint, but it is there in case of… And once I have it registered as a truck, it will still be in my shop, but my insurance will cover any damage in case of, say fire or what ever mishap that might happen. If it’s not registered it will be old iron and that goes for $100 a ton and that wouldn’t cover my loss of $4000 of new wooden parts and all the parts that I still have to hunt down.
Thanks for your time
Richard
