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Ok, Another silly question from the newer guy. The number by the dip stick on my engine is LCC4384. The serial number on my truck ends in 2455. Should these last 4 numbers be a match for me to have a numbers matching truck? I read that LCC stands for a 1953 3600 series truck engine, which matches my trucks ID. Should my truck have an engine # of LCC2455 to be a match? I appreciate any info. Thanks.

If those numbers are sequence/serial numbers for the engine and the vehicle/cab/body, and you are referring to a 1953 USA truck, there is a very low probability that any truck that year would have matching numbers serial numbers for the engine and the vehicle/body/cab.

No. The serial numbers virtually never matched on these old trucks. It's prefectly normal. The whole "numbers matching" thing is more of an invention of the auction houses, and really only applies to performance cars and high dollar collectables. As long as the date codes and serial numbers are proper for the year, that's all that really counts for being "correct".

Thanks for the info Tim. Checked your website out, very cool. It would be great if you could expand on the reason they probably wouldn't match. The reason I asked the question is that I am trying to figure out if I should rebuild my engine, or trade it out. Thanks again.

The answer to that would depend on what number is used on your title as the 'VIN'. If it's the engine number you'll need to re-title to a different number if swapping the engine. If it's a number other than the engine number (unit serial number, number assigned by the DMV, etc.) you're pretty much free to do as you wish.

because the numbers on different items are unique to their own production, not to the vehicle they wound up in .... the various sub-unit departments sent along their assembled pieces with ID's and sequence numbers to the final assembly line, and your truck, number 2455 in the long list of trucks at that particular plant, happened to get engine number 4384 that was made elsewhere in '53 .... date codes on things might be of interest, sequence numbers are unimportant, and as Tiny points out, what's on your title is what really counts

Bill

Thanks to all that replied. I'm glad I asked the question, the answers were really interesting. Well, My truck may never become a museum piece, I did that with the last classic I owned, not as much fun as just driving it. Thanks again to everyone and for the stewards of this site.