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| | | | Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 355 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 355 | Hi been looking for the actual vin numbers to match the bill of sale i have on this 59 truck i have problem is only number i can find is the tag on the door and its missing bout half the digits i need to even start to compare with the numbers on the bill of sale i assume he didn't just make up a number out of thin air the door tag only has about 6 or 7 numbers and the sale slip is more like 10-14 any help out there 
Last edited by Woogeroo; 07/31/2011 4:22 AM. Reason: We have to guess: is it a Chevy or a GMC?
1937 1/2 ton
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | the door vin tag is what would have been used at first registration - it should be in the form of 3A 59 K 104930 [11 characters], which would translate to 3100-1959-Kansas City plant, and the remaining numbers are the vehicle production sequence number or 'serial number' .... what's on a "bill of sale" might match that or it might be something the PO or state came up with .... the vin on a 59 will also be stamped on the driver side top frame web near the steering box, less the first 2 characters
an engine number would be even fewer characters, about 6
Bill
Last edited by squeeze; 07/31/2011 2:28 AM.
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 | Hy Daniel Bland, go up to Tech Tips, and open up deciphering your VIN and see if the numbers on your paperwork have anything in common with the information there. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 355 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 355 | ones i have on the bill of sale are 3b 59 s127--- with the blanks being three more numbers but from what your saying thats a 59 vin number thanks told me what i needed to know was just worried i might have been on the frame which now sports a camero sub lol and might have cut it off
1937 1/2 ton
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | 3B = 3200 1/2T and S=St Louis - and yes, if it's been sub-framed you may well have cut it off, meaning short of the door tag matching that bill of sale, there's no proof it's the right truck  Bill | | |
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