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| | | | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 4 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 4 | I posted a topic about locating my vin on my truck. I did some searching in the forums and still have a question if anyone can help. My title number is K3989978. It is a chevy 1/2 ton pickup. I was wondering what this number pertains to since I can't find it on the truck. The title is not in my name and am wondering how to match this title...is there another place I should be looking...what do the numbers represent...does not sound like a normal ID number you find on the ID plate. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | It might be an engine serial number (that code was often used for registration/title). It looks like you know that the vehicle/model ID for a 1934 1/2 ton commercial vehicle has a DB in the code. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 226 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 226 | the 1934-1935 and 1936 high cab had a data plate on the fire wall. This and or the engine number was used for the vin. Back then there was no vin numbers.
The body tag or engine number is the only set of numbers on a truck unless a state installed and aftermarket number.
Poets Seat AutoAppraisals, Parts, ServicePast: General Motor's Master Technician Member: Northeast Chevy/GMC Truck ClubPhone Number: 413.774.5856 Collector of: 1951 Army Chevy Burb barn door,53 GMC COE,two 1934 Chevy Truck,1935 Chevy Army Truck.1950 Gmc Suburban clamshell these are just my chevy/gmc trucks.
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 130 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 130 | That number should be above the fuel pump on a flat spot of the block--stamped --Ithink. At least most of it. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 319 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 319 | A previous discussion on 34 motors yielded this website. http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/chevytalk/GMhistory/1934motors.htmlYour number is an engine serial number. The number falls in the Dec 1933 - Jan 1934 production numbers.
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