Vin location

[kevin lacinski]

On a 93 1500..where is the vin located on the frame? Is it the complete vin? How can I get to it..is it under bed?

 

[Awest623]

There's no vin on the frame, just the cab

 

[454cid]

I hear that vehicles often have vins or partial vins in places other than the vin tag, but I rarely hear about specifics other than "the police know where to look".

 

[Awest623]

I hear that vehicles often have vins or partial vins in places other than the vin tag, but I rarely hear about specifics other than "the police know where to look".

I've heard people say that there's vins on the engine too...

 

[454cid]

I've heard people say that there's vins on the engine too...

I think that likely comes from much older vehicles that sometimes used an engine serial number as the "VIN".... stuff like 1950s inline 6s.

 

[PlayingWithTBI]

Yeah, you always hear about numbers matching vehicles...

 

[Hipster]

On a 93 1500..where is the vin located on the frame? Is it the complete vin? How can I get to it..is it under bed?

I'm not exactly sure where it is located but there should be the vin or a sequence number stamped in it.

 

[454cid]

Yeah, you always hear about numbers matching vehicles...

A lot of that is date codes on castings, I believe.

 

[Hipster]

The vins are stamped all over a vehicle. I come across them doing collision, resto work, rebuilding Harleys and vehicles. On firewall, under a trunk gutter, on the bottom of the package tray, frame rails, etc. When you rebuild a salvage or do a special construction the serial numbers on major components becomes very important when it comes time for inspection by the vehicle theft unit, or whatever they call it in your area, to get a title. The inspection is not about the safety or quality of repairs it's about finding stolen parts and they have the power to confiscate a vehicle for further investigation if they think something's screwy.

Oems have to file a MSO with Dmv to get the original title so the serial numbers for major components are going to be listed on that and kept on file whether a there is a vin stamp on the component or not.

These types of questions usually get asked for a certain reason so I put it out there.

 

[454cid]

When a friend rebuilt a truck (quite a number of years ago now) he had to keep track of where he got his parts.... I think showing receipts was a big part of it. That was in Michigan.