Gmc Vin Can You Help

[c-1072]

I was wondering if anyone can help break down thid vin # all i realy need is the year . I am trying to get a title for the truck if anyone has info that will help me get one i would realy appreciate it .

[sdkid]

There is a link on the home page. Top of the colomn on the left side.

[billsbowtie]

look at the #s you have on drivers side on cab where door closes it should start with cs or ce start with the c and count 5 spots the fifth one will be the last # in the year your truck is if it is a 7 = 67 8=68 9=69 0=70 1=71 2=72 i hope this will help

[billsbowtie]

oops i see you have a gmc they may be drifferent from chevy

[dropdprpls10]

for example "cs148f100043"
"c" = chassis designation c= conventional k = 4 wheel drive
"s"=engine designation s= 6 cylinder, e = 8 cylinder
"1" gvw range 1=3,900 -5,800 1/2 ton/ 2=5200-7500 3/4 ton/ 3=6600-14000 1ton
"4"=model type 4= cab and steside pickup 34=cab and fleetside bed
"8" model year 7=1967,8=1968,9=1969,0=1970,1=1971,2=1972
"f"= asembly plant a= atlanta,b=baltimore,p=pontiac,1=oshawa, z=fremont, t=tarrytown, k= kansas city MO, j=janesville, n=norwood, s=st. louis , f=flint

"100043"= vechicle number...43rd unit built

[Longhorn Man]

GMC vins vary by year. You'll have to post the number.

[Rod]

you can leave off the last 4 numbers if you like there really not needed to decode the vin to its year and assembly plant, weight class, etc.

[TsgtE662]

The GMC VINs are the same except the 7th Character should be the year, as far as I know:

1967 = C; 7 for Chevy
1968 = B; 8 for Chevy
1969 = A; 9 for Chevy
1970 = Z for 15 Series; A for 25 - 35 Series; 0 for Chevy
1971 = 1; 1 for Chevy
1972 = 2; 2 for Chevy

[Rod]

GMC vins are done in about three different manners.

Just post it..I can decode them all.

[c-1072]

vin number CS10DZA30522

[Rod]

C= conventional cab 2wd
S= six cyl
1= 1/2 ton
OD= wideside-fleetside box
Z= Fremont Assembly plant
A= 1969 year model

You got a 69 GMC 1/2 ton 2wd with a pickup box.

[Longhorn Man]

bummer, Rod beat me to the punch.

[68C15]

here's one
CS10DPB61410
also on my firewall there is written in grease pencil
CS1590D306AR4026
just what the %^&* does this mean?

[Rod]

C= conventinal 2wd cab
S= six cylinder
1= 1/2 ton
0D= fleetside box-wideside
P= Pontiac assembly plant
B= 1968

is that twice in a day Longhorn Man....lol


really I have to control my truckaholic-ism more.

[Rod]

CS1590D306AR4026


As for all those other numbers...pretty much they were for the assembly line workers to see what kind of model truck they were building.

Basically its a portion of the model number thats usually there... I havent seen one as long as you posted on a truck.

It pretty much tells the same information a model number breaks down to.

With what you posted it is

C=conventional cab
S= six cyl
1= 1/2 ton
59= 54 inches from cab to rear axle. Why they used 59 to say 54" is beyond me but if it were a Chev it would be a 09 to say 54" inches.
0D= for the fleetside box

for those that had not seen a 59 before...it explains a dimension from cab to rear axle..that way you could know the wheel base... being it a short box regular or longhorn dimension.

the rest I dont know, and its usually not there on the cab firewall as far as I have seen.

does any of the rest match with your vin, it would seem not as you did post your vin also...has the cab been swapped? Anyone know what the rest means.

[68C15]

it is in fact the original cab as I got it from the original owner. I am having troubles downsizing the pic without losing clarity. I will be @ Shuttermutt's MN meet this wknd if anyone there can help. should I try to keep this firewall when I do my cab stretch? you know, for authenticity.
Todd

[shuttermutt]

Originally Posted by 68C15

it is in fact the original cab as I got it from the original owner. I am having troubles downsizing the pic without losing clarity. I will be @ Shuttermutt's MN meet this wknd if anyone there can help. should I try to keep this firewall when I do my cab stretch? you know, for authenticity.
Todd

We'll get ya decoded, Todd. What a lot of restoration folks do is take several good pictures of the firewall scribbles and re-create them when the vehicle is all finished.

[Rod]

My Mistake.....I'm not trying to lead you into thinking the cab has been swapped...by whats there and written on the firewall it appears authentic to the 68 GMC vin number.

As I wrote before, I have usually only seen what are known as model numbers on the firewall.. its what you have ...but you have additional charcters there which I have not seen before, hence, never bothered to decode them ...yet. If its important info, I probably will find out what they all mean eventually. I still learn new stuff....not full of it yet..lol. Rod



authenticity may be considered altered if you strech a cab...lol....anyway it would still be a unique to have firewall marking still there when its all done.
Sounds like you have plans for it and thats all good.

[68C15]

the interesting thing is there is no options label in the glovebox.