I'm now here. I picked up a 1966 Econoline pickup from a friend who recently had a bad stroke and can't drive any more. Problem is I had to pick it up in Calif. and ship it back to Michigan. Well he lost the title to it and the tag on the door does not match the license plate. Replaced door? Who knows. I need to fine the vin number on the frame to clean it so the state police can check it before I can title it here in my name. Can anyone help with a location i should be?

 

welcome to FTE
as per the factory service manual:
"The official serial number, for title and registration purposes, is stamped on the right rear quarterbody reinforcement gusset near the spare wheel retaining bracket."

and we like pictures here.
we like them so much we have a saying: pictures, or it didn't happen!!!!

 

As Tom said, the Vin is stamped into the horizontal bracket behind the right tail light. Sometimes it is on the left side.

The vin is also stamped into the floor hump behind the engine dog house.

Also, if you remove the dog house, the vin is stamped into the floor under the black goo that holds the dog house to the floor. Usually on the passenger side or the front.

Then go to Econoline.org and decode both the real Vin and the data on the door tag.

 

Thank you all for the info. I'll have to pressure wash it before I'll be able to look.

 

So far no luck finding the vin near the back by the spare tire mount. Will have to unbolt the engine cover.

 

If the title (pink slip) of a CA vehicle is lost, the legal owner goes to the CA DMV with a copy of the registration, fills out a duplicate pink slip form, and within a month, a new pink slip will be issued.