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Old 08-13-2011, 12:19 AM   #1
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year of truck?

I recently purchased a '70 blazer with understanding it was a '69. The grill is.the '69 but.the dmv papers say 70. Can I find out more details on wether this is a late model 69 by the vehicle id number from the factory
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Old 08-13-2011, 12:32 AM   #2
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Old 08-13-2011, 08:58 AM   #3
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Re: year of truck?

You can tell by the vin number.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/Chevyear.html

The 69 and 70 grilles are very similar. If the inner grille had to be replaced on a 70 it would most likely get a 69 grille as they don't repro 70 inners.
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Old 08-14-2011, 01:58 PM   #4
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Re: year of truck?

So ME180S1074** would be? A 70? KE10514 is the model not the vin from the glove box.
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Old 08-14-2011, 02:04 PM   #5
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Re: year of truck?

Correct, The 5th digit "0" says its a 70 model year, the "S" is for built in St Louis
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