I would think it would be pretty difficult to put a valid number on the door
plate unless your title has a matching original door plate number on it.
The door plate number consists of a series of letters and numbers that
decode to its tonnage, where it was manufactured, etc., but more
importantly, the last several numbers are a unique serial number. The
factory manual for 1950 has a decoder in it. Without the title information,
how do you pick the unique serial number? You can certainly guess, but if
you accidentally pick one that is already taken, and properly titled, that
could lead to some serious heartache down the road. Food for thought. You
can have your title vin legally changed in most states if you change motors.
I've changed vin's in the past through the dmv when I put a different motor
in a truck, when the title vin was a motor number. In cases where the title
number is the door plate number, this is obviously not necessary.
Allen in Seattle
'50 3100
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peters, Jon C" <jpeters@sikorsky.com>
To: "Old Chevy Trucks maillist (E-mail)" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 10:41 AM
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Please Help Me Correct My VIN
> I've got like 3-6 VIN plates from various AD part trucks that have gone to
> that great big truck stop in the sky... GMC and Chevy = ton thru 1.5 ton.
> I'll look to see if one is a > ton... and let you know.
> Jon P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Stonecypher [mailto:joe@stonecypher.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 1:11 PM
> To: Old Chevy Trucks maillist (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Please Help Me Correct My
> VIN
>
> I don't know about ADs but TFs had the VIN also stamped on
> the frame in two
> places, one by the steering box and one near the drivers
> side rear cab
> mount.
>
> Joe Stonecypher
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Noyes
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 2:41 PM
> To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Please Help Me Correct My VIN
>
>
> Thanks. Luckily, the PO had the title, so I'm totally legal
> now with my own
> title and new registration. I was only going for
> authenticity as far as the
> VIN/door plate was concerned. I guess it's a lost cause...
>
> Athough, the resource William provided might be able to help
> me link the
> engine number to the VIN
>
> contact Classics
> P.O.box 776
> Byron,Ga. 31008
> 1(888)870-8071
> they can get you a title
> Bill 48'chevy pick-up
> Channahon,Ill.
>
> I'll give'em a call tomorrow. Too late today by east coast
> time.
>
> Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Terry
> Stellman
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 1:53 PM
> To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Please Help Me Correct My VIN
>
>
> The number you have looks like the engine serial number
> which was commonly
> used to register the vehicle. There is no way of getting a
> door plate
> number correct by guessing because it contains the actual
> production number
> of your truck as well as the plant it was produced in.
>
> Terry Stellman
> 1949 3600
> Missouri City, Texas
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Noyes [SMTP:dnoyes@pacbell.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 3:39 PM
> > To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
> > Subject: [oletrucks] Please Help Me Correct My VIN
> >
> > Can someone please provide me with a known-good example of
> a 50 3600 VIN
> > so
> > that I can take and educated guess at the correct VIN for
> my vehicle?
> >
> > When I purchased my 50 3600 (well, actually 3604 as it is
> the pickup),
> > there
> > were nearly no markings from which I could get the VIN,
> except the
> > registration. The ID plate in the door frame was gone,
> the original
> > engine
> > and tranny were gone, and all I had to work with was the
> present, valid
> > registration papers. I want to make a correction through
> the DMV and get
> > a
> > new door post plate to make things right.
> >
> > I know there are VIN decoders on the web; it is using them
> that has
> > convinced me mine is wrong, at least in the first section
> (the letters).
> > My
> > guess is the numbers are right, but someone along the line
> misread a
> > letter
> > and registered that way, and then the door post ID
> vanished. Maybe these
> > things happened in reverse order. I don't know
> >
> > Here's what the registration says: AHCA757910. I'm
> betting I (or someone
> > out there) can fill in the blanks and fix the mistakes in
> this.
> >
> > By the way, I like to take this opportunity to state what
> most of you
> > already know: this post is a fantastic resource... I have
> learned a
> > tremendous amount by reading the threads, and appreciate
> the time all of
> > you
> > take to share. As I learn more, I hope to contribute as
> much as I take
> > away.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Jeff Noyes
> > 50 3600
> >
> > 757910
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> 1941 and 1959
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