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MStokes · 12-23-2002, 04:02 PM

Could someone please try to help me decode the VIN# on a truck I am interested in buying.

CCE142F335747

The owner says it is a 72, I believe it is a 71 (rear view mirror is hung from the roof instead of the windshield). The options sheet on the inside of the glovebox door is gone and I was only able to get the VIN from the door label.

I looked it up on a website with a decoder and it came back with "unidentified" for the model year.

Project1970 · 12-23-2002, 04:07 PM

Both the extra "C" and the 2 point to it being originally a 1972 V8 2WD Chevy...

But that rear view mirror would definitely point to a '71. Hmm.

ckhd · 12-23-2002, 06:13 PM

C= bonus C that Chevy threw in for good luck in '72 (your guess is as good as mine why this C is here)
C= Two wheel drive
E= Eight Cylinder
1= 1/2 ton
4= pickup
2= 1972
F= Made in Flint, Michigan
3= just the number they started with in '72
35747 = 35,747th truck done at Flint.

MStokes · 12-23-2002, 06:15 PM

Thanks for the help.

I am assuming that the rearview mirror must have been scavaged off a 71 and put in when the windshield was replaced.

ckhd · 12-23-2002, 06:17 PM

You've got to be careful about decoders. If they are made for older pickups, then you usually need to leave the first C off to get the decoders to work. Go back to the same decoder and punch it in without the first C and see what you get. If your pickup was a '71, it would have a VIN like CE141FXXXXXX, but starting in '72 there was the extra C thrown in at the start. I think it was actually the start of standardizing VINs so that the manufacturer was part of it (C= Chevy)? I don't know for sure.

Project1970 · 12-24-2002, 05:07 AM

C=chevy, that's my best guess about it. 1972 GMC VINs start with a "T" I think...

12-23-2002, 04:02 PM	#1
MStokes Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Meridian, Idaho Posts: 164	Vin Help Could someone please try to help me decode the VIN# on a truck I am interested in buying. CCE142F335747 The owner says it is a 72, I believe it is a 71 (rear view mirror is hung from the roof instead of the windshield). The options sheet on the inside of the glovebox door is gone and I was only able to get the VIN from the door label. I looked it up on a website with a decoder and it came back with "unidentified" for the model year. __________________ 1972 C-10 LWB, 400/350, 2WD 1972 C-20 Custom Camper, 350/350, 4WD (Converted)

12-23-2002, 04:07 PM	#2
Project1970 14.1 @ 96MPH Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 2,811	Both the extra "C" and the 2 point to it being originally a 1972 V8 2WD Chevy... But that rear view mirror would definitely point to a '71. Hmm. __________________ Project1970 - LS1 Swap Complete!

12-23-2002, 06:13 PM	#3
ckhd Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: St. Johns, Arizona Posts: 2,660	C= bonus C that Chevy threw in for good luck in '72 (your guess is as good as mine why this C is here) C= Two wheel drive E= Eight Cylinder 1= 1/2 ton 4= pickup 2= 1972 F= Made in Flint, Michigan 3= just the number they started with in '72 35747 = 35,747th truck done at Flint. __________________ my 2¢ - t.i.o.l.i. Bowen 1968 K20 fleet 1969 K10 swb fleet 1972 K10 Suburban 1972 C10 lwb step 1992 K1500 'burb 1995 K2500 'burb 1997 C1500 'burb 1999 K1500 2000 K1500 'burb Why do I own so many Suburbans?

12-23-2002, 06:15 PM	#4
MStokes Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Meridian, Idaho Posts: 164	Thanks for the help. I am assuming that the rearview mirror must have been scavaged off a 71 and put in when the windshield was replaced. __________________ 1972 C-10 LWB, 400/350, 2WD 1972 C-20 Custom Camper, 350/350, 4WD (Converted)

12-23-2002, 06:17 PM	#5
ckhd Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: St. Johns, Arizona Posts: 2,660	You've got to be careful about decoders. If they are made for older pickups, then you usually need to leave the first C off to get the decoders to work. Go back to the same decoder and punch it in without the first C and see what you get. If your pickup was a '71, it would have a VIN like CE141FXXXXXX, but starting in '72 there was the extra C thrown in at the start. I think it was actually the start of standardizing VINs so that the manufacturer was part of it (C= Chevy)? I don't know for sure. __________________ my 2¢ - t.i.o.l.i. Bowen 1968 K20 fleet 1969 K10 swb fleet 1972 K10 Suburban 1972 C10 lwb step 1992 K1500 'burb 1995 K2500 'burb 1997 C1500 'burb 1999 K1500 2000 K1500 'burb Why do I own so many Suburbans?

12-24-2002, 05:07 AM	#6
Project1970 14.1 @ 96MPH Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 2,811	C=chevy, that's my best guess about it. 1972 GMC VINs start with a "T" I think... __________________ Project1970 - LS1 Swap Complete!



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