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Originally Posted by nvrdone
do an internet search. there are companies out there that provide reproduction vin tags with no numbers stamped in. Then get it stamped to match the title you have. Should work.
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That wouldn't get pass the inspection station in Union Gap and s dsraven said these days may get the truck impounded for an improper or altered vin. Guys are having trouble in some states simply because some fool removed the plate in the name of paint prep and now it doesn't pass because it has been removed.
Eo15475, the first thing you need to do is figure out if the "vin" is the engine serial number or the door post number.
GMC engine serial numbers in those years Usually started with the displacement of the engine be it 228, 248, 270 or 302. Per this 20 something year old Stove bolt thread in front of the engine serial number a letter meant that it either was over bored or the crank was undersize.
https://www.stovebolt.com/ubbthreads...1832#Post11832
If the vin on your title starts with either 228 or 248 and several numbers to follow with or with out the letter in front it is the engine block serial number that was stamped on the block on a machined pad to the rear of the distributor.
47/55.1 Chevy AD trucks don't have the chassis number stamped on the frame but some years of GMC trucks had the seraial number stamped on the side of the frame rail above the right hand front spring. I don't know if there is one on the side of my 51/53 GMC frame but I'll try to look tomorrow if the weather isn't horribly nasty.
Most of the info that I have found on GMC Serial numbers and what I have posted in the two photos comes from here.
That is the GMC folks go to site.
If there is a serial number on the side of the frame rail that matches the vin you are good but If not I'd get someone to write me out back dated bills of sale for the engine, the transmission and the rear axle for the truck.
The Last image is the simplest GMC Chassis serial number decoder that I have found. You can check the vin on your title and see if it jives with that.
If you bought a crate motor from a vendor they may have the info on file that they can get to you to show you bought and paid for it. Same with anything you had done at a local shop as most keep a file on their customers rigs they worked on in the customer's name with the work order.
States don't usually care about anything except the body, frame, engine, transmission and rear axle. interior, gauges, wheels and tires don't usually mean anything until it comes time to place a value on it for taxes.