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| | | | Joined: May 2013 Posts: 5 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: May 2013 Posts: 5 | Just got my Title. Trying to figure out the VIN#.
I have GBA48698. Doesn't match up with info i get when searching VIN#'s. Anyone got an idea? | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | Welcome to Stovebolt.com GBA is the prefix on a 1949 216 truck engine code (that page is hard to read) Engine codes were often used for titling/registering vehicles. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 58 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 58 | My vin# on my 49 is also like that. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 290 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 290 | I bought a truck from washington & I too can't figure out where the vin# is. I checked the # on the engine block, the door plate but still not a match. I guess next I will look for a tag on the frame. My vin # is HAD1211222
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | slick, there is no number on the frames before 55 2nd - the number you have is definitely not a 'vin' [body/model identification number], appears closer to an engine number, very possible someone changed the engine and never had the title changed
Bill | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | Slick69, Where did you find the "vin #"? On a title, registration, or the egnine? Can you post a link to a photo of the code? Might the prefix letters be HBA? If it is the engine serial number (pressed into the block to the rear of the distributor), it looks a little like a 1950 truck engine serial number. If your engine is clean and accessible, find and post the various casting codes, date codes, and engine serial number. A 1950 model truck night have been built in 1949, sold in 1949, and first titled/registered in 1949. Stranger things have been reported. Do you have a Vehicle Serial Number tag between the hinges on the driver's side? | | | | | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 290 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 290 | The vin# HAD1211222 is on the washington registration. the truck is a 1953 1 ton & so is the registration. I have a bill of sale from the guy I bought it from plus I found the bill of sale from when he bought it. I think I will take the registration to a washington DMV to find out who is on the title & go from there. The engine is a 292 not the original 216. Thanks for the info
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