Thanks Dustin,
Does the picture show the stamping on top of, or on side of the frame
rail?
Mmmh, Master Parts book eh? Want to sell a copy?
Jack / Winter Park FL
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From: <CLLLSLS@aol.com>
To: <safesix@worldnet.att.net>; <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 10:42 PM
Subject: Other GMC VIN location
> Jack,
>
> I thought I might try helping you out for a change. I have a 48-51 GMC
master
> parts book and it says that "Early models had a chassis number stamped on
the
> right hand frame sidemember above the front spring." The book I have does
not
> say whether or not this "chassis number" is the same as the VIN plate
number,
> but in the example picture in my book of the frame stamping, the numbers
> stamped in the frame rail are the same GMC serial/model numbers that would
> appear on the VIN plate, so I'm assuming that they probably are the same.
>
> -BUT-
>
> This master parts book also says that "Later models" relied solely on the
> caution plate on the L.H. door pillar and on the engine number stamping
> behind the distributor and did away with the frame stamping. The funny
thing
> is that this book gives no indication of what "early model" or "late
model"
> actually mean. I imagine the only way to find out is to scrape the dirt
off
> the frame above the front right hand frame rail and see if there's a
number
> stamped there. Hope this is helpful.
>
> Dustin
> 50 & 53 GMC 1/2 tons
>
>
>
>
> You wrote:
>
> The '50 GMC I'm looking at is missing the VIN plate.
> Checked with the Florida DMV, to see what I'm going to
> be faced with. They insist that the Auto Theft Division
> knows a secret place on the frame where the original VIN
> is stamped. I know this is the case on later vehicles,
> but thought we had disproved this myth a long time back,
> on this list. Can anyone shed any light? If there is
> such a VIN - where is it?
>
> Jack / Winter Park FL
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