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Old December 14th, 2016, 01:33 AM
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Default Re: VIN Decoder

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Originally Posted by TJ's GMC View Post
Heck you know more than I can figure. lol Hopefully someone will chime in on the vin.

VH4008G1529F

V: Vacuum Hydraulic Brakes
H: Heavy Duty
40: 4000 Series
08: Wheel base????
G: 1963
1529 unit to roll off the assembly line
F: GVW Rating

Best I can make of it.

F - 19,501 to 26,000 GVW
When I get a little time to dig through my books I'll see if I can turn up the WB information.

Otherwise the above list looks spot on.

Caveat though... GM for some reason changed the VIN throughout the 60s on the bigger trucks, to my knowledge 5500s and bigger. Most will decode just fine, like the above was, but others will have letters that make no sense. I have a few brochures that have some data for larger trucks.
The 4000 are technically classes with the pickups as the factory manuals are 1000-5000 series. Most will use the same nomenclature.
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(2) 1961 1500
1962 1000
1963 2500
1963 4000
1964 2500
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