47-55.1 California Vin Verification - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**mr48chev** · 07-30-2024, 02:28 AM

The truck may be out of the system but I'd bet even money that the original title is sitting in a file in Sacramento way back in the archive warehouse. The owner of record would have to go and file a lost title report and there is a fee but unless the old paper title in the archives were destroyed an hour or so of a file clerk's time can find it.

If you have the truck now, I'd be searching every nook, cranny and hidey hole for an old registration or insurance slip. Either would have the vin on record on it.

Some states used the engine block serial number (Oregon for one) and some used the door post tag number. This link shows engine serial number prefix for 41/57 Chevy six cylinders. https://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/models/engine.htm

This is the link for the GM heritage center vehicle information kits. just click on 1959 truck and open the pfd and scroll down to serial number decode. https://www.gm.com/heritage/archive/...formation-kits

The prefix for the door post number should have a number for the plant, H for 1950 R for 3600 and a letter for the month plus the production number. The engine serial number is further down the page.

Have you ducks in a nice tidy row before you go to get the vin verified. Make sure that the door post number is indeed for a 1950 Chevrolet 3600. check the block serial number and see if it is for a 1950 3600. Both of those numbers being correct for a 1950 3600 put you one peg ahead of the game. Where guys run into trouble is when the numbers on the truck don't jive with the year model on the bill of sale or paperwork. Make sure that the numbers jive and they are getting super picky on door post tags that appear to have been removed and put back on in California. A guy on the Hamb got rejected for that a few weeks ago.

The engine serial number and door post number never are the same. Not the letters or the production number. There is no stamped number on the frame.

'64C20 · 07-30-2024, 11:09 AM

@Mr48Chevy

Have not ran the engine tag but the door tag matches up to the '50. I am looking into some companies that can take care of the entire process just to negate the headache of the DMV. They have started to phase out alot of the thing they accomplish onsite in vavor of the online method.

Some mentioned AAA, they only do Vin verifications for '87 and newer vehicles.

**Rickysnickers** · 07-31-2024, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by '64C20

Some mentioned AAA, they only do Vin verifications for '87 and newer vehicles.

Yep, that was me. Thank you for letting us know that they don't do older vehicles.

If I were still in CA, I could do it for you.

07-30-2024, 02:28 AM	#1
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,641	Re: California Vin Verification The truck may be out of the system but I'd bet even money that the original title is sitting in a file in Sacramento way back in the archive warehouse. The owner of record would have to go and file a lost title report and there is a fee but unless the old paper title in the archives were destroyed an hour or so of a file clerk's time can find it. If you have the truck now, I'd be searching every nook, cranny and hidey hole for an old registration or insurance slip. Either would have the vin on record on it. Some states used the engine block serial number (Oregon for one) and some used the door post tag number. This link shows engine serial number prefix for 41/57 Chevy six cylinders. https://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/models/engine.htm This is the link for the GM heritage center vehicle information kits. just click on 1959 truck and open the pfd and scroll down to serial number decode. https://www.gm.com/heritage/archive/...formation-kits The prefix for the door post number should have a number for the plant, H for 1950 R for 3600 and a letter for the month plus the production number. The engine serial number is further down the page. Have you ducks in a nice tidy row before you go to get the vin verified. Make sure that the door post number is indeed for a 1950 Chevrolet 3600. check the block serial number and see if it is for a 1950 3600. Both of those numbers being correct for a 1950 3600 put you one peg ahead of the game. Where guys run into trouble is when the numbers on the truck don't jive with the year model on the bill of sale or paperwork. Make sure that the numbers jive and they are getting super picky on door post tags that appear to have been removed and put back on in California. A guy on the Hamb got rejected for that a few weeks ago. The engine serial number and door post number never are the same. Not the letters or the production number. There is no stamped number on the frame. Attached Images __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.

07-30-2024, 11:09 AM	#2
'64C20 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: Northern CA Posts: 9	Re: California Vin Verification @Mr48Chevy Have not ran the engine tag but the door tag matches up to the '50. I am looking into some companies that can take care of the entire process just to negate the headache of the DMV. They have started to phase out alot of the thing they accomplish onsite in vavor of the online method. Some mentioned AAA, they only do Vin verifications for '87 and newer vehicles.



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