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evilways · 03-19-2009, 05:43 PM

I checked my frame on the top rail driver side one is by the front tire and the other is at rear of cab area, the problem is that it is an 8 digit serial number and does not coincide with normal VIN numbers. How do you decipher this number?

tcb-1 · 03-19-2009, 06:17 PM

Andy (LHM) may help you out here because we just had this discussion not long ago..... but if I remember right, those numbers don't exactly mean a thing. they could be shipping codes or date codes that aren't "decipher-able".

Longhorn Man · 03-19-2009, 06:59 PM

actually, if the numbers are right here (see photo) then they should match the second 1/2 of your VIN, otherwise, it's had a cab swap, or a new frame slipped under an old truck.
Either way, the title doesn't match the frame.

tcb-1 · 03-19-2009, 07:08 PM

ooops, I thought you meant the number stamped into side rail of the frame, right behind the front cab mount.

see, I knew Andy would help!

evilways · 03-19-2009, 07:52 PM

Thanks guys. That is what I needed to know.

03-19-2009, 05:43 PM	#1
evilways Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lafayette, IN Posts: 226	Frame ID? I checked my frame on the top rail driver side one is by the front tire and the other is at rear of cab area, the problem is that it is an 8 digit serial number and does not coincide with normal VIN numbers. How do you decipher this number? __________________ Mark 1967 C/10 stepside lwb daily driver 1968 C/10 fleetside lwb parts truck 1971 Cheyenne Super swb project

03-19-2009, 06:17 PM	#2
tcb-1 Nothing to see here..... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 4,625	Re: Frame ID? Andy (LHM) may help you out here because we just had this discussion not long ago..... but if I remember right, those numbers don't exactly mean a thing. they could be shipping codes or date codes that aren't "decipher-able". __________________ Doug THANK YOU to our American Soldiers & Veterans - POW MIA "You will NEVER be forgotten". The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson Last edited by tcb-1; 03-19-2009 at 06:18 PM.

03-19-2009, 06:59 PM	#3
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: Frame ID? actually, if the numbers are right here (see photo) then they should match the second 1/2 of your VIN, otherwise, it's had a cab swap, or a new frame slipped under an old truck. Either way, the title doesn't match the frame. Attached Images

03-19-2009, 07:08 PM	#4
tcb-1 Nothing to see here..... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 4,625	Re: Frame ID? ooops, I thought you meant the number stamped into side rail of the frame, right behind the front cab mount. see, I knew Andy would help! __________________ Doug THANK YOU to our American Soldiers & Veterans - POW MIA "You will NEVER be forgotten". The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson

03-19-2009, 07:52 PM	#5
evilways Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lafayette, IN Posts: 226	Re: Frame ID? Thanks guys. That is what I needed to know. __________________ Mark 1967 C/10 stepside lwb daily driver 1968 C/10 fleetside lwb parts truck 1971 Cheyenne Super swb project



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