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| | | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 7 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 7 | My 1942 Chevy 1.5ton Fire Truck is currently titled and registered with the engine number. The VIN ID plate is missing. I would like to find the original VIN number. Is it stamped in any other places? Frame? | | | | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 7 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 7 | The title and registration that I have (going back to the early 60s) uses only the engine number. The plate on the cowl is missing. Only the 2 screws remain. I have no problem with the registration, I would like to get the correct VIN so I could get more information about the truck. For example, I only assume its a 1.5ton, I dont know for sure. I have heard that the VIN may have been stamped into the frame also, I dont know where to look for it.
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 |
I may be wrong but I think you will find a GM frame VIN right next to the hen's teeth.
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 7 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 7 | You may be right but I have seen references to it in the stovebolt forum and in peoples photo bucket pictures. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 |
Did they live in CA? A code was placed on the frame by the dealer and/or DMV in CA and maybe a few other places.
Also, GMC had IDs on the frame, I think up to May 1949.
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 7 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 7 | Its always been in Washington State. Though it was built in Portland OR. It was a Fire Engine in Long Beach WA. They don't have any info either. The state DMV only goes back to the early 80s. | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | Serial numbers stamped on the frame didn't start until '55.
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,549 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,549 | Serial numbers were stamped on the left frame rail, just past the left front spring hanger on GMC trucks until the late 40's. Chevy didn't have a U.S built civilian truck rated above 1 1/2 ton until 1946. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,997 Big Bolt Forum Co-moderator | | Big Bolt Forum Co-moderator Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,997 | Sammamish,
Of course my 48 doesn't have a VIN number since they didn't exist in 48. But the number on the plate is the original engine number. However, my engine has been replaced with a newer engine. That doesn't change my ID plate. It still is registered by the original engine number, not the newer one. If you were to get a reproduction ID plate, then punch the original number as it came from the factory. I don't know if anyone is making reproduction plates for 1942. Anyone have a picture of one? Are they different than the AD plates?
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When wrestling a grizzly bear, you have to keep at it until the bear gets tired, not when you get tired. 1948 Chevy 2-Ton | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 | Yes, the ID plates were different in 1942 from the all the different styles of plates used in Advance-Design years. 1942-46 Chev truck ID plate | | | | | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 18 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 18 | Greetings, I am having the same issue with my "41 Chev Howard cooper fire truck. There is an aluminum plate just under the passenger's side hood near the fire wall. It reads: 2557 6YSO1 3868
The registration shows A6399434. Anyone recognize either of these numbers?? If looking for the engine number, where would I start?
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