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Vin ?
How can I find out how my truck was originally optioned? Will the vin # tell this or is the only way to know is if you have the paper on the inside of the glove compartment? It's long gone by the way.
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Re: Vin ?
If SPID is gone maybe the build sheet stuffed behind the seat under the springs.
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Re: Vin ?
Truck has had a body off complete resto, all that stuff is gone. All I have is the vin # to go by. I know that with all the aftermarket and NOS parts available someone could build one of these and option it however they want. How would anyone know if the truck was originally a super or not?
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Re: Vin ?
No way of knowing w/o a document showing VIN and options together,such as build sheet,SPID,dealer invoice,factory invoice,etc. the VIN only tells you 2wd/4wd,V8/I6,tonnage,body type,year,assembly plant,and serial number
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Re: Vin ?
Wow, so you could build your own loaded super Cheyenne and nobody could prove it wrong?
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Re: Vin ?
I would't say nobody. There are a lot of little things that would need to be done correctly to "fool" some people. Usually i see something advertised as a loaded cheyenne super, BB shortbed etc, i assume it was made by someone and not original.
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Re: Vin ?
Nobody could prove it right, either.
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Re: Vin ?
Yep. You can have a SPID made to show everything you added,too. The only thing you can't fake is a big block,because they had a higher GVW rating on the VIN-plate
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Re: Vin ?
I agree with bruceman1968, proving it to be correct is where the value lies.
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Re: Vin ?
Yeah,that's the deal. Anyone looking to buy or sell a Cheyenne Super,or any other truck,with the value based on what it came from the factory as needs one or more of the verifications I listed above or it's just talk. Back in 1990 I was at Carlisle and was floored by this pair of Cheyenne Supers a guy was selling. One was white and the other was black. They were the first trucks I saw selling at $10k. I thought they were well worth it. Then,I was buying a bunch of stuff from Cheyenne Super Man and one thing was a chrome glovebox door w/Super applique. I told him I was hesitant because my truck was a clean,low mile,well optioned,and fairly rare example and I'd lose the SPID if I installed the chrome door. Then he grabbed a blank SPID from under the table and went about telling what type to use and all to make a perfect replica. Well,for my truck it was to transfer what I actually had from the factory to a cooler glovebox door,but it came to me that those two $10,000 trucks could have started life as base models,went to the junkyard all used up,then restored and cloned into Cheyenne Supers. Back then I didn't even consider restored truck to have anywhere near the value of an original unrestored beauty. That's about when I realized I should stick to only buying not so shiny unrestored survivors,not that I had ever bought anyone else's shiny restoration before that before that
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