New member - vin question
 

Hi YA'LL
I'm new to the club! whohoo! Thank you for having me.

I have a 1965 step side and was triyng to find out more info on it by looking up the vin # . It has a plate above the drivers door whtch is the # on the title but i try to look it up and says no info, it is 12 numbers long. If this is not the vin where is it?and how in the **** could they regester it with this #?

I'm not new to these trucks I use to own a 66 short fleet side back in the day but this is my first GMC. Please any help would be greatly appreciated!
hope to hear from ya.

Animal

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That small number plate on the drivers door frame is the VIN.

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How about a pic or two? I'd like to see that plate. And the truck too! That way we can see what you see.

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I'm trying to upload a pic but it asks for url? how do I do that?

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you're clicking on the wrong thing. To attach a picture you click on the little paperclip. If you have a picture from a different website, you click on the mountain and sun picture.

Try the paperclip. it'll work!

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ok lets see if this works for pictures.

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Aha! That's a chevy vin, not a GMC, that's my guess. You might have a chevy cab on it or someone lost the vin and just slapped a chevy vin from the junkyard on it. Either way that's not the original GMC vin. That's why it's not looking up.

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It should have roset rivets too, some one used a Chevy tilte and vin on this truck is my guess. the vin number should be something like 1001ZF12345A or if it has an inline six I1001zf12345A.

That vin tag is from a 1963 Chevy, so the cab does not match the number.

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I'm curious is the instrument panel and dash the GMC type or Chevrolet?

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Dont think anything's wrong with that Animal. Somoene just did what they felt like they had to to keep it on the road. 99.99% of people think Chevy and GMC is the same thing from the 1930s to 2015. Thats not even close to right until 1978 if i remember right, but people cant imagine them ever being different trucks.

You could live with it and no one but about 40% of us in the club (plus you) would know. Call it a GMC and treat her well. As long as she has a big block GMC V6 in her I'll back you to my deathbed :thumbsup:

Or you can swap out the cab to a GMC. You'll need a engine hoist, a donor truck, and a buddy to help lift and settle it unless you're crazy like me. Then you gotta just say a prayer and start doin it, smashing toes and fingers with wild abandon. :lolsmack2:


She's a good lookin truck either way. Congrats on her!

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Welcome from the Black Hills! That truck is built from some various parts, but that's what it sometimes takes to keep them on the road! Looks great to me! Think it's got a Chevy hood on it too. I had a '62 3/4 ton 4x4 GMC a few years ago that unfortuantely I had to sell. Great running 305 and all the mechanicals worked perfectly. Somewhere along the way it got a Chevy cab, tailgate and hood and was even titled as a Chevy, probably because of the vin tag. At least besides the tailgate lettering it looked like and was powered by GMC! Looking forward to more posts and pics!

DAC

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The hood appears to be a Chevrolet hood as well.
Looks like the truck was made from parts...

64-66 Cab with a '63 VIN. Interesting.

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This is very interesting.
So the VIN tag number matches the title?
Someone at DMV messed up then, the VIN is a 1963 yet you say the truck is a 1965? If the title calls it a 1965 and has the 1963 VIN.... wow...

The VIN, as near as I can make out, starts with 3C144... so that indicates the VIN tag is from a 1963 2 wheel drive 1/2ton short bed pickup.

The biggest problem you are going to have is parts. Since you won't know what year parts are on it, or whether they are GMC or Chevrolet (and there are differences).
*If* you can, check the driver's side frame rail, between the motor mount and the radiator there *might* be a partial VIN stamped there (*might* if Chevrolet, probably not if GMC)

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Thanks Everyone for the input. here's some pics of the old girl. Like i said before I use to own a 66 Chevy short fleet side that I changed the cab and front clip with one from Oklahoma with no rust of course that's when I was living in Chicago so the old one was rusted.

Y'all seem like great guy's!
Thanks again for all your help.
Animal

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I believe it to be a GMC. It has leaf springs in the rear. it has also been changed to a built 350 and th350 trans. Think it still has the 6 cyl rear gear as I'm doing 3 and a half grand at around 55 mph need to jack it up and check the gear ratio..maybe some time soon I'll get to it.
It takes a good picture but it needs some love one of my favorite things i laugh about is it has a pinto floor shifter in it. LOL When i bought it you could not even shift it. had to drop the trans pan and tighten the shift link bolt and put the s clip back on. thats been 3 months and still works fine. she will churp 3rd not sure if the trans was built but it shifts hard.

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When I bought my first truck, a 1961 1500, it had a car 3 speed floor shifter. The guy I bought it from was short, but the throw on the shifter kept it so low to the floor that the seat had to be all the way back to get it into gear. Shifter was also pretty worn, you had to exaggerate the shifting, if you tried to just shift it "normally" it would often get stuck and I'd have to crawl under it and try to get it back out of gears. I finally got sick of it and fabricated a mount that put most of the mechanism above the floor... then got a top loader 4 speed and never missed that old 3.