The engine & VIN #s may have started the same, but they were definitely
different & didn't pair up in any scheme except the year & series
assignments, like you noted below.
Regards,
Doug Pewterbaugh
dpewter@msn.com
Denton, TX
49 3104 216 5-window
-----Original Message-----
From: varanus@mail.phoenix.net <varanus@mail.phoenix.net>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 6:40 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] texas aint that bad, ya'll
>First of all, I am not trying to do anything illegal. I have the
>title to my truck and have had it for 10 years. I don't think I have
>any frame numbers and to the best of my recollection, the motor
>number and the VIN are identical for all AD trucks. However, I might
>be wrong - where did I read that recently? My engine # starts w/ JP
>which is 1/2 ton - JR is 3600 series. But I know ya'll already know
>that.
>
>Second, I am just trying to keep it as a 51 even when I do the
>upgrade (4x4, V8) since the motor will be gone.
>
>Third, in all the years I have been driving classics (speeding most
>of the time;), I have never gotten a ticket. The texas cops like
>classics and they love good ole boys in old chevy trucks - reminds
>them of their grandads.
>
>Now, I am originally from NYC, well I was born in Georgia but I grew
>up in Yankeeland and moved to Texas from NYC so I have to hide that
>nawthon accent. But, since I really am a southerner by birth, I
>don't ever have a problem with the cops. I never tell them I am from
>NY though. If you are driving your AD truck through any state of the
>south with yankee plates - you had better be a little more attentive.
>You can't change history.
>
>I will probably get arrested tonight after tempting fate.
>
>Here is what I am going to do. Get the TX DMV to issue me a new vin
>sticker and put it on the door pillar where it should be. Then I am
>going to buy a VIN plate from Chevy Duty for $14.95 and attach it
>where it belongs. I do need to figure out whether they used pop
>rivets or clutch heads. I might even sand down the paint to the
>original color (I know its there) and then attach that plate. I
>don't mind having a rough spot around the vin plate for eternity - I
>would rather have an authentic vin plate with a border of original
>paint around it then just that vin sticker over new paint.
>
>Why do people remove vin plates?
>Anyway, thanks for the lively discourse. I will let ya'll know how it
>works out.
>E
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