wierd VIN help please

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Jun 20, 2006 | 09:38 PM

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Mine is also run of the mill F350 4x4, 400/4 speed/ d60's front and rear. The previous owner did tell me it was ordered brand new as a plate glass delivery truck. It had one of those big scaffolding-looking beds on it. Maybe it was ordered with no bed, or some sort of flat bed from the factory? The second owner installed the 1960's wrecker body thats on it now. I'm keeping it a tow truck and am restoring it. I just thought of something else...its a non-smog truck, my other '79(F150 Supercab 4x4) is a smog truck. I just figured the 1 tons did not need to be smogged back then...is that correct? thanks, Mike

Jun 20, 2006 | 11:18 PM

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I can't make stickies anymore.

Chassis cabs have a different prefix in the VIN (2nd & 3rd digits) than Pick up truck codes do
Chassis cabs:
ie: F16,F17,F19,F27,F28,F37

Pick up codes:
F10,F14,F15,F25,F26,F35,

SC codes start with X

I still think it is a special mark and not a 1 or 4

Jun 20, 2006 | 11:20 PM

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Mil1ion

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I can't make stickies anymore.

Chassis cabs have a slightly different prefix in the VIN ( 3rd digit) than Pick up truck codes do
Chassis cabs:
ie: F16,F17,F19,F27,F28,F37

Pick up codes:
F10,F14,F15,F25,F26,F35,

SC codes start with X

I still think it is a special mark and not a 1 or 4

Remember The Norm was an 11 digit Vin# ...not 12 not 10 but 11.

DMV's should have snared these obscure trucks.

Jun 21, 2006 | 10:14 AM

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Since its showing up on F-250's and F-350's could it have to do with being rated for as an ambulance? Also do the trucks come from the same assembly plant?

Jun 21, 2006 | 11:54 AM

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Mil1ion

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Nope they show they are from 2 different plants.

One frm Norfolk Va and the other from Mahwah NJ

Jun 21, 2006 | 12:20 PM

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johaner78

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From: in country near Boone, IA

Just my 2 cents worth - my crewcab even has 11 digits in VIN: F26HCBJ9302. F250 custom, crewcab, 4x4, 351M, C6, D44/D60, dual tanks, front/rear anti-sway bars, made in CANADA (yea Dennis!! lol). I would like to know what is up with the numbers in front of the letters making 12 digits too!!! Things that make you go HUH. lol