Request help with VIN number please?
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Request help with VIN number please?
I finally found the VIN number of my truck on the passenger side frame (on top) near the front of the door.
Could some one please tell me what all of the numbers mean?
the number is:
*848514KJ017* or it could be *848514KJ01F* I am not real sure if the last number is the letter F or the number 7.
Any help is appreciated as the title has been lost over the years and so I have to apply for a new title but I have to have the VIN to do so.
I don't have a clue as to what year the truck is, supposed to be 1961-1965, hopefully the VIN number will tell me for sure.
Thank you,
Gary
Miami Texas
Could some one please tell me what all of the numbers mean?
the number is:
*848514KJ017* or it could be *848514KJ01F* I am not real sure if the last number is the letter F or the number 7.
Any help is appreciated as the title has been lost over the years and so I have to apply for a new title but I have to have the VIN to do so.
I don't have a clue as to what year the truck is, supposed to be 1961-1965, hopefully the VIN number will tell me for sure.
Thank you,
Gary
Miami Texas
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It looks to me like you may have read your VIN backwards. It should read something like F10JK415848. If that were the case, then F10 = F100 two wheel drive truck, J = 223 cubic inch I6, 1 bbl engine, K = built in Kansas City, and 415848 would mean it was built in May, 1963 and is a 1963 year model truck. If the six numbers are not in that order then whatever they are will determine the date it was built and what model year it is. Whatever the case, if it's a US built truck the VIN should start with F10 (or possibly F11, F25, or F26 if it's 4 wheel drive or an F250, for example). Canadian trucks from most of this era are identified differently. Also, if your model year turns out to not be 1963, then the "J" engine code might be for a different engine. Good luck.
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SuperSabre. I belive you are right on the money, I guess we did read the VIN number backwards as we were trying to read it with a mirror while under the truck.
Thank you very much for pointing that out, now I can get started on getting another title for the truck and making the DMV happy in Texas.
Thanks,
Gary
Miami Texas
Thank you very much for pointing that out, now I can get started on getting another title for the truck and making the DMV happy in Texas.
Thanks,
Gary
Miami Texas
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There's a unibody sub-section with more information on the subject at the beginning of this section, highlighted in red. Since my truck is a '66 and not a uni, I'm not an expert on the subject. However, it's my understanding that the bed and cab will be one piece on a uni. If your bed is mounted to the frame separately from the cab it isn't. I'm sure Bill W or Garbz, or others will have more accurate info for you on your model year truck. Good luck with it.
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1963 was the year where you could get 3 different body options..integral bodied, styleside seperate cab/box, flareside. They werent all available through the full model year..it was a phase in/phase out...the only constant was the Flareside and the 4WD body choices...
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Lmc trucks website catalog has a breakdown of the Vin #'s Just follow the steps and pull up the index in their online catalog and find the info. Frank
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(sigh) LMC's VIN decoder isn't worth TWO CENTS .. has multiple errors and omissions.Post #1: The VIN is listed, but it's bassackwards, as Nobby read it off the frame with a mirror.
Post #2. The VIN was reversed, then decoded by SuperSabre
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