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This should be a pic of the frame # on a 52 F3. It is located on the passenger side just ahead of the front crossmember. I don't know if the other years are in exactly the same place or not. I had to sand the area before I could see the numbers. Wipeing it off did not work.

Richard

 

that will help to see if my frame #'s match the ones on the firewall tag. my glove box door is missing.

 

use frame numbers. do a pencil rubbing on paper and take that to dmv. if there are no hits on number your in!!

 

called in the number on the firewall and they had no record in system. my truck is still 200 miles away in storage but in a couple weeks i can get the frame numbers and run them.

 

Mine shipped in from Tenn. to calif.The vin I found was on the glove door,did not look any further But the dmv wanted to take a look and verify,but I was able to have my a neighbor (a cop)take alook and althro he never heard of a plate on the glove box,he signed it off,dmv was happy and so was I..Give them no more than they ask,and ask them for other ways to help find a solution...Lordy I'm just an old guy with a old truck

 

Do you by any chance have a AAA office close by, and are you a member? It might be worth the $45 to join.

They usually have a certified DMV section and will handle your title work. They are 100% easier to get along with than the State folks.

Usually they have an officer available to "witness" your Serial Number (they're were not VINs on the earlier trucks - but try to tell them that) That witness can be a AAA DMV rep, or you can have the local Police do it. Usually there is a form. The officers know how to fill it out and usually if they do it it's not contested.

When you do that, there should be a serial number stamped into the top of the frame rail on the passengers side somewhere close to or just behind the shock mount. Dig deep. The letters are about 3/4 inch tall. Glove box doors are easily and frequently swapped out.

I might also print out the Serial Number decoding sheets you can find here or at the link I'll give you. Take that in when you get it checked, and show it to them to let them know its only supposed to have the 10 or 11 (late 51 +) letters/numbers that are there. If it's not driveable, usually the local law has lesser or traffic safety officers who will drive out to check it.

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It's not unlikely that DMV wouldn't have any record of an old VIN or ser. #. If the truck wasn't sold since about '75, the record has probably been sitting in a file cabinet that has to be manually searched.

 

right. In MN, the records go back on file 7 years. older than that, it will likely have to be pulled out of a box of file folders and manually searched, which is why MN has a fee for such record searches.

 

I gave the #'s on the frame to the lady that is doing the title 42 so she could have the people at the DMV to check them out. Just have to keep my fingers crossed and see what happens.