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**'68OrangeSunshine** · 03-13-2017, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Carystone72

Tried posting a vid but it didn't work.

Try a single pic as JPEG.

un4gvn! · 03-13-2017, 02:49 AM

Look at the rivets on the tags. Those are NOT the original roset rivets from the factory. Someone changed tags.

dubds10 · 03-13-2017, 05:25 PM

Either a chopshop stolen truck at some point or last Title had issues so somebody put a clear Title/Vin plate on it, or the truck is a miss match of parts. Lots of mutt trucks out there unfortunately, and lots of guys converting or using C's for K's as the C bodies are typically in better condition.

Keith Seymore · 03-13-2017, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

Yeah... that's proof positive they don't match. The last #'s on the frame should match the build sequence of the truck. If I'm reading that right, the frame is for/from a 1970 (0) T (Terrytown Plant) with a sequence # of 114217. The sequence on your VIN is 118444.

Given your location (VA) and the need for 4x4s up there and how short of a time frame before a body is bad... 4x4 frame swaps happen all the time. The body probably went to crap and they found a nicer 2wd truck with a title and used that.

If the plant code in the VIN on the frame (Tarrytown) doesn't match the plant code in the VIN on the cab (Baltimore) - that's an instant fail, even before you get to the numbered sequential portion.

Those two should match without exception.

K

**71CHEVYSHORTBED402** · 03-13-2017, 09:14 PM

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=570059

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 03-14-2017, 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

If the plant code in the VIN on the frame (Tarrytown) doesn't match the plant code in the VIN on the cab (Baltimore) - that's an instant fail, even before you get to the numbered sequential portion.

Those two should match without exception.

K

The OP, Carystone72, could run the frame numbers by his state auto bureaucracy [DMV, MVD, etc.] and check if it's a hot number. Or frame numbers plus the probable prefix K E 14 [0T xxxxxx].
Or, if it's already registered, he could shut up and ''fuggedaboudit'', and let sleeping bureaucrats lay.
Not my call.

03-13-2017, 02:49 AM	#27
un4gvn! Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Latrobe, Pa. 15650 Posts: 342	Re: Vin decode isn't working on my truck. Look at the rivets on the tags. Those are NOT the original roset rivets from the factory. Someone changed tags.

03-13-2017, 05:25 PM	#28
dubds10 Stalker Nate Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Langley, BC, Canada Posts: 1,556	Re: Vin decode isn't working on my truck. Either a chopshop stolen truck at some point or last Title had issues so somebody put a clear Title/Vin plate on it, or the truck is a miss match of parts. Lots of mutt trucks out there unfortunately, and lots of guys converting or using C's for K's as the C bodies are typically in better condition. __________________ 1957 GMC SWB stepper modified summer time driver 1963 Chevy Fire Dept. Command Center Van 2 ton - future food vending truck project 1965 Chevy P10 Ice Cream Truck project Instagram - TheDonutDiner FaceBook - @UscreamIscream

03-13-2017, 09:14 PM	#30
71CHEVYSHORTBED402 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northern Nevada Posts: 7,188	Re: Vin decode isn't working on my truck. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=570059 __________________ Tony 71 Custom Deluxe, SWB, 2WD, 402, A/C. I developed an assembly kit for restoring the (a) truck from the ground up. My build thread, and more on the assembly kit https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=730025 Last edited by 71CHEVYSHORTBED402; 03-13-2017 at 11:22 PM.



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