frame serial number?
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Hope you find it. I never did locate mine. Careful search before and after it was sandblasted and no VIN to be found on the frame. Plate in the glove box was long gone.
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My 56 has the number on the passenger side frame rail just forward of the cab firewall. Had to remove the inner fender to locate it. On a 54 I had it was on the passenger side just aft of the radiator and could be seen without removing the inner fender. If someone in the past cleaned the frame using a grinder and or painted it with thick paint then I can see how it may not be visible.
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I wasn't able to look for it last night but by the sound of things, it's probably not going to be visible. My radiator and cab still are mounted.
There are a couple of things that have thrown up a red flag: the engine is from a 56, steering column and shaft is from a 56 (2 inches shorter), and the VIN plate located in the glove box is in held in by screws, which I can tell has been taken off before. The engine and column, I've heard, were a common replacement for a 53, but I'm just curious at this point of my resto. Makes me wonder what other things am I going to find that are from a different year. I've read that the springs are a different length in a 56. I'm not quite ready to replace the springs yet, but I guess that would be another way to check to see if it's a 56 frame, with a 53 body.
There are a couple of things that have thrown up a red flag: the engine is from a 56, steering column and shaft is from a 56 (2 inches shorter), and the VIN plate located in the glove box is in held in by screws, which I can tell has been taken off before. The engine and column, I've heard, were a common replacement for a 53, but I'm just curious at this point of my resto. Makes me wonder what other things am I going to find that are from a different year. I've read that the springs are a different length in a 56. I'm not quite ready to replace the springs yet, but I guess that would be another way to check to see if it's a 56 frame, with a 53 body.
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My 53 S/N is in the same location, built in the Dallas plant.