Terry Thompson wrote:
>
> There's a small 3" long by 1/2" tall number plate
> mounted on the driver's side bulkhead (near where the
> bonnet latch catch is) of my 1500.
>
> I noticed that when I removed all of my plates from my
> car that this plate w/5 digits doesn't match the VIN
> number of the vehicle. (e.g. this plate I mentioned is
> 46998 FM, and my car's VIN is FM48993U).
>
> I seem to remember hearing that the body numbers
> differ from the VIN's. But I just wanted to confirm
> that this is the car's body number and not supposed to
> be a duplicate of the vin number found on the B-post
> ID plate and the windshield ID plate.
This small plate is the Body Number. It was assigned when the body was
assembled (that is why it is painted). It is recorded in the Production
documentation but has no relationship to the Commission number (VIN) or any
other number on the vehicle for that matter.
The Plate on the windshield frame, on the other hand should match the
commission number.
Joe
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