[jocko]

Lack of rosettes may very well be THE problem, unfortunately. Does the VIN on the plate match the VIN on the title? There is no VIN ref on the engine itself, but initial Canada docs may actually show the engine serial # - might want a northern neighbor to confirm that though. Your VIN starts off like a pre-72 1/2 ton 2WD Chev, and from there I got lost... Anyone know if initial sales destination (as in country) had anything to do with VIN convention on Canadian built trucks?? I just assumed all Canadian built trucks followed the same VIN convention regardless of initial country sold in. Sorry, wish I could be more help on this.

EDIT: before going to General Quarters, I’d also ask someone on here to confirm that Canada used rosettes in 70 - I know GM USA did, but ya never know. Lotsa folks on here have Canadian built trucks - if anyone with a 70 Canadian truck could confirm rosettes that would help.