Ive seen it in both places. And they don't match exactly, do they. Aren't they just the first few numbers or last few, something like that.
CK5
Register an account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members.
Frame swap going to lead to future registration problems?
- Thread starter Rugby_7
- Start date
beags86
Eastbound and Down
You will no have a problem in wis. I Have had several wis. Titled vehicles...
They aren't the complete VIN, but I'm sure it's the unique last section of the VIN. I don't know VIN's real well, but I assume within the same manufacturer, regardless of the first X number of positions of the VIN (so could be car, truck, etc), the last, serial numbered portion was never used twice.
So looks like if I don't try to register in California ill be ok 
On my frame the vin seems to be the last 8 numbers/letters of the full vin with a letter C at the begging.
On my frame the vin seems to be the last 8 numbers/letters of the full vin with a letter C at the begging.
In Nebraska it depends upon your county, but even in Lancaster County, they just kind of glance over a car when doing an out of state inspection. I know of lots of people who swap frames.
It's a whole different world out there.
Martin
It's a whole different world out there.
Martin
chulisohombre
1/2 ton status
In pa when I switched title from ca they only looked at body vin. If your buddy owned the 77 and it's never been reported stolen you'd be fine. As old as most of our tricks are, it's almost impossible something hadn't been swapped or repaired with parts from other trucks.
I know I'm late to the party, but I can't imagine having an issue in this area. I have substantial pieces of two other trucks that were used while building my '83. Both of them now have their rear sections converted into trailers, both of which have been registered for road use. And I've never had a title for either of them. As long as I have a title for the Big Blue cab I have satisfied my registration requirements.
As said earlier, our state is even more generous in that (if you're willing to get a safety inspection), you can get a title issued to a vehicle that you home built out of scraps.
FWIW, he's in the city of Oregon, located in Wisconsin. We's just about local.
As said earlier, our state is even more generous in that (if you're willing to get a safety inspection), you can get a title issued to a vehicle that you home built out of scraps.
FWIW, he's in the city of Oregon, located in Wisconsin. We's just about local.
IIRC, the 6 digit numbers were reused every year...you'd hafta have the year digit to make it unique.
They would have a heck of a time trying to scrape that off
I looked up the frame vin from the 77 on some site for stolen vehicles. Nothing came up, not sure how legit the site was.
I know I'm late to the party, but I can't imagine having an issue in this area. I have substantial pieces of two other trucks that were used while building my '83. Both of them now have their rear sections converted into trailers, both of which have been registered for road use. And I've never had a title for either of them. As long as I have a title for the Big Blue cab I have satisfied my registration requirements.
As said earlier, our state is even more generous in that (if you're willing to get a safety inspection), you can get a title issued to a vehicle that you home built out of scraps.
FWIW, he's in the city of Oregon, located in Wisconsin. We's just about local.
WI and MN always seem to be pretty easy in registration. Maybe they expect it all to turn to a pile of rust dust at some point. I once got a boat trailer for free that I welded a 4 canoe rack on it. When I went to register it I didn't have any paperwork. I explained the situation and they said just register it as home built. Didn't even want to know the trailer's vin.
So the numbers are the same on the frames for that year?
Same here. I grew up in Iowa and we built several vinless trailers. It took me quite a while to realize that VINs or titles were ever issued for trailers. It's a foreign concept to me.
No, I simply meant that the last 6 digits of a VIN aren't unique to just your truck. Making up a number, if you have truck #100225, that just means that you have the 100,225th truck produced in your year. There's a truck #100225 issued every year (unless they somehow fail to sell that many trucks some year). So unless you have the year digit as well, you don't know WHICH 100225 you have. If you have the last 8 digits of the VIN stamped on the frame, that 8th-to-last digit tells you the year of production. So if your frame says EF100225, it means you have the 100,225th truck produced in 1984 (and that your truck comes from Flint, just in case you cared
).This isn't foolproof, as different series/years can have different year positions. So you may wind up with confusion if you swap things too weirdly. Ford uses 5-digit numbers and a letter for their serials. I could see that being downright confusing to the VIN police if you start mixing and matching.
But I don't think we have frame-VIN police in our area. I've yet to have anyone check a dash VIN, either. If your title matches your plates, I don't think anyone is going to care what pieces were used to build your truck.
