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Che Bocho
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:17 am    Post subject: Vin # help!! Reply with quote
i need to know how i can identify the year of this vin number, please help
thanks in advance
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
From the tech section it appears to be a June 1954

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
can u tell me how u came to that conclusion this is a floor pan vin
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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can u tell me how u came to that conclusion this is a floor pan vin
this is not an engine number
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Che Bocho wrote:
Che Bocho wrote:
can u tell me how u came to that conclusion this is a floor pan vin
this is not an engine number



Because it looks like the number located under the rear seat, stamped into the chassis.

It is obviously not an engine number.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 3:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Agreed.. Looks like June of 1954 to me..
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