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| | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14 | Hello....My friend just bought either a 1956 0r 57 chevy 3100 truck and need to find out what year it is. I see the blue tag on the driver side door jam and lists a trim number and paint code but no VIN number. Where is the VIN number located on these trucks? Please don't tell me it's on the frame as it sits on a 1977 truck chassis. I did see on the lower left corner of the tage is printed 56 and is not stamped like the other numbers. Any help would be great. Thanks!! | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | there should be a small metal tag on the drivers door pillar above the dogleg with just the word CHEVROLET and below it a number - a 56 3100 would start 3A56XXXXXX and a 57 would be 3A57XXXX [or V3A if it was originally a V8 truck] .... the primary visual difference is the 55/6 hood is flat topped, the 57 has 2 'wind splits' sticking up - aside from the pronounced grill difference and different fender spears there's really no difference in those years .... and yes, a partial vin maight have been on the top of the frame rail by the steering box
Bill | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14 | Bill...So, there should be two tags? A small one above the larger rectangular one held in by two rivits? Is that what you are saying? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | yes, the smaller is 1"x3.25" [happen to have one laying on the desk  ] it's unpainted stainless and held to the pillar with 2 small spot welds, you might see evidence of them if the tag is gone - it only has the vin#, the other is the data plate with GVW and such .... without the vin tag there's no way to positively ID the truck - but if it's on a different chassis anyway, call it whatever grill you put in it  Bill | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14 | Thank you....I will look for that tag today. I have a feeling that it has been removed. | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14 | Well, my vin tag is gone. Do they reproduce these by chance?
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | no the tags are not reproduced .... might try a post in the swapmeet, or check with a title company, but might check with the OR motor vehicle folks, most states frown on swaping titles about Bill | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | Well, my vin tag is gone. Do they reproduce these by chance? Like Bill said, talk with the Oregon licensing authority. They're the folks you'll have to please in the end.
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