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| | | | Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 6 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 6 | I have read the tech tips on this, but I still have some confusion/questions. I just got a 1951 1/2 ton Chevy, and I have located the serial #, which is correct. However, the vin on my title appears to be wrong or off by one character. Is there anywhere on the truck to find the actual vin? The one I have comes up as unknow in all the vin buster sites. | | | | | | ZooKeeper Unregistered | | ZooKeeper Unregistered | Your Serial number is your VIN number. The only thing that has change is what they call those all important numbers that the DMV wants.
Most likely someone misread a number when it went through the DMV, been there done that. You should be able to get a corrected title w/out any problems once you explain it to your DMV. The worst thing that may happen is a DMV Officer or State Policeman may have to come out & verify the number on your tag...Joe | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | Gotta disagree with Joe. Your serial number is your serial number, not necessarily your VIN. Most states used the engine number as the VIN through '55. Check on the boss behind the distributor to see if that's the number on your title. If it isn't your engine may have been replaced without the title being updated or your state did use the serial # as the VIN and Joe's correct about the typo. Either way, if the engine number doesn't match your title you'll have to contact your DMV to get their method of addressing the issue. Each state is a little different on how they handle mis-matched numbers.
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 6 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 6 | Well, the engine is not stock, it is a 235 from a 56-62. My title shows the vin as JBA9612346, the serial no is 5jp-h 28282. The serial decodes just fine. I have not checked the number on the engine yet, so my guess is that would be where the JBA number comes from. My main concern was because I wanted to order the resoration kit, can I use the serial no to order that from Chevrolet? | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | Yes, you can use the door plate number to order a resto kit from Chevrolet.
Texas is one of the states, as pointed out by Tiny, that uses the engine number on titles pre 1955. If the engine number and title don't match, there should be no problem getting the title changed. | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | JBA does come up correct for a '51 3100 engine #. The # that's listed on the title stumps me, it doesn't come up as any engine in my material. Could it be that the truck has had a number assigned to it in place of the engine #? I have heard of that being done here in Illinois if a vehicle is re-vined.
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