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| | | | Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 38 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 38 | NM title issued in 1986 says 1953 Chevy PU VIN/motor number: LAA362453 DGVW of 6,000 From my research this VIN/motor number doesn't jive. Can anyone help me. I haven't bought the truck yet and wont till I know more. thanks Ralph [email protected]
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All gave some - some gave all" -- A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life wrote a check made payable to the United States of America for an amount of "up to and including his life."
| | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | The engine has been swapped. The LAA code is for a '53 standard engine, 216 with manual transmission.
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| | | | | Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 38 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 38 | Yes sir I knew the engine had been changed. It was the LAA that was throwing me. There is no door plate. Is the LAA number the one that would have been on the door post?
Ralph
All gave some - some gave all" -- A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life wrote a check made payable to the United States of America for an amount of "up to and including his life."
| | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | No. The engine serial number and body serial numbers would be different. The body number would be something like this; H3A001001. To break down the example I give, H would be a 3100 truck, 3 is the model year, 1953, A would be the assembly plant, Atlanta in the example, then the last 5 are the sequential serial number, usually starting with 001001 at each plant.
It should be noted, before around 1955, many states used the engine number as the serial number on the title, rather than the body number. Since you mention that the body number plate is missing, it seems the DMV simply titled it using the engine number that was in the truck at the time, or possibly it got retitled after the engine swap to keep it all legal.
Bill Burmeister
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