Strange VIN?

[68jewel]

Originally Posted by Jimmy4765

VIN# 3c1440102391

>3= year (1963)
>C= 2wd
>14= 1/2 ton, short bed 115" wheelbase
>4 (truck type)= pickup
>0 (plant)=Oshawa, Canada.......Not Oakland
>102391= vehicle#...number series started at 100,001

This is what I found...others can chime in and let me know if I'm wrong. They should be able to do a VIN# check or history at your local DMV office. I just went thru something similar like this today with a 55 Chevy car. It's a pain. My VIN# on the car didn't match the title.....ohh boy!

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by 68jewel

>3= year (1963)
>C= 2wd
>14= 1/2 ton, short bed 115" wheelbase
>4 (truck type)= pickup
>0 (plant)=Oshawa, Canada.......Not Oakland
>102391= vehicle#...number series started at 100,001

That's how I would have interpreted it, off the top of my head. (Plant code is an alpha character "O", not a zero).

K

[68jewel]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

That's how I would have interpreted it, off the top of my head. (Plant code is an alpha character "O", not a zero).

K

Right...must've had tunnel vision. Meant to put an "O" and not a "0" LOL!!

[Pick121]

Originally Posted by 68jewel

>3= year (1963)
>C= 2wd
>14= 1/2 ton, short bed 115" wheelbase
>4 (truck type)= pickup
>0 (plant)=Oshawa, Canada.......Not Oakland
>102391= vehicle#...number series started at 100,001

This is what I found...others can chime in and let me know if I'm wrong. They should be able to do a VIN# check or history at your local DMV office. I just went thru something similar like this today with a 55 Chevy car. It's a pain. My VIN# on the car didn't match the title.....ohh boy!

Now starts the debate haha! I vote O for Oakland. Oshawa vin marking is “1” I believe. Try this vinwiz.com vin decoder for our older trucks.
I have a 63 C50 also has O and definitely not built in Canada eh!
Just make sure when you go to DMV they know it’s a letter O not a Zero. Maybe thats why it didn’t come up in their system

[MJN]

Originally Posted by Pick121

Now starts the debate haha! I vote O for Oakland. Oshawa vin marking is “1” I believe. Try this vinwiz.com vin decoder for our older trucks.
I have a 63 C50 also has O and definitely not built in Canada eh!
Just make sure when you go to DMV they know it’s a letter O not a Zero. Maybe thats why it didn’t come up in their system

This matches what my book says, Letter 'O' for Oakland and number '1' for Oshawa, ON