1969 blazer vin ?

[Red1968]

I bought a 69 blazer and every vin decoder I check says it is a pickup truck vin number but after doing some searching over the net I have found several different people with 69s and there vin shows the same thing. Is this just a 69 thing that chevrolet screwed up on or what? The vin is BKE149S867***

[Keith Seymore]

I wouldn't necessarily describe it as a Chevrolet "screw up", as the various program teams can assign the VIN structure as they see fit. In other words, they could choose to use a separate VIN structure for various engines, or assign a specific VIN for "SS" models (or not), usually for warranty tracking purposes.

"Chevrolet" may have decided that it was not significant to track Blazers separately from pickups and may have authorized this particular VIN structure as a conscious decision, or so they could appropriate that space for some other purpose.

...OR...



Maybe St Louis screwed up and assigned the pickup codes to the Blazer body types, in ignorance or defiance of direction from Central Office. It would be interesting to know if the other VINs you saw that were like this were all from St Louis only, or if the other assembly plants coded them this way as well.

K

[Red1968]

Every other one I found like this the first 7 of the vin were exactly the same as mine BKE149S

[Keith Seymore]

Any idea what the "B" stands for?

The "S" is for St Louis, so you are indicating that all the trucks you have looked at are from the same assembly plant.

K

[Red1968]

Yes every person on the net that has a 69 blazer with a vin number like this the first seven digits are exactly like that so if the s stands for st louis then yes they all seem to have come from the same plant.