short stepside 66 farm truck

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by x1buellist

So, when I went to the DMV they told me the truck is no longer in the system and I will need a VIN verification from the CHP. OK, so I check out the VIN on the cab and all is good. I look at the VIN on the frame and there is some weird **** going on. It looks like to me that whoever was punching VIN's in frames that day at the plant screwed up punching my VIN, struck out the numbers they messed up on and punched in new ones above the messed up ones. Man, so now I have to show this to the CHP and convince them this isn't some BS where someone screwed with the numbers.

So you can see the frame was punched with 7100 when it was supposed to be 7099. One off. SO they struck out the 100 and punched 099 above it. That pretty much sucks. The VIN guy must have been drunk that day.


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I only had to show them the plate at the top of the door frame.

Either way, if you get it through okay, I think it's kinda neat the numbers are stamped like that.
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[markeb01]

Originally Posted by LostMy65

I only had to show them the plate at the top of the door frame.

Either way, if you get it through okay, I think it's kinda neat the numbers are stamped like that.
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It probably happened on a Monday or Friday. I had friends that worked at the Fremont GM plant and those were consistently the days with poorest quality because guys were either hung over or anxious to leave (or didn't show up at all).

[70cst]

Its got my vote ...

[x1buellist]

Finished removing all the slats today and even buzzed the frame in a few spots to test how easy/hard its going to be getting the dirt and rust off. I'm trying to figure out what my steps should be to get the frame and cross members all refurbished and keep the truck drivable. Seems like it may not be possible. I think bare minimum the bed is going to have to come off. Otherwise it will just be to tough to get in all the crevices. I figure I can cut the exhaust off after the mufflers to get some of that out of the way. Maybe get everything I can done with the bed on than jsut take it off for a weekend for the final parts.

Todays progress.