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VIN number help(newbie bonehead)

bcrewcaptain

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I know its been beat to death but I've having trouble decoding the vin for the truck I just purchased, can anyone help me out with this?according to the glove box tag the vin is ckd18af132172...a few of the numbers seem to match but I can't make them all make sense...sorry for being a bonehead, and thanks in advance
 
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ckd18af132172

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c - chevrolet
k - 4wd
d - 250 6 cyl
1 - 1/2ton
8 - Blazer
a - this is wrong
f - Flint Michigan(production plant)
132172 - build number


The a should be a number to represent a yr of rig.
 
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I know its been beat to death but I've having trouble decoding the vin for the truck I just purchased, can anyone help me out with this?according to the glove box tag the vin is ckd18af132172...a few of the numbers seem to match but I can't make them all make sense...sorry for being a bonehead, and thanks in advance

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C Chevy
K 4WD
D 292ci I6 1976+
1 1/2 ton
8 Blazer
A model year (1980 I think)
F Flint, MI assembly plant
132172 serial # of manufacture

Looks like a 1980 4WD Blazer with an inline 6. Is that what you think the truck is?

-- A
 
Beat me to it. I would assume the "a" is really an 8 and he has a 1978 blazer /forums/images/graemlins/thinking.gif
 
Well, 1981+ uses "B" for 1981, so I'm guessing that "A" comes between "9" for 1979 and "B" for 1981.

Acha! Chuck says that "A" is 1980 as well.

OBTW, I didn't know the I6 was available that late.

-- A
 
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OBTW, I didn't know the I6 was available that late.

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The I6 was as early as 73 that i've seen, maybe sooner, but i haven't seen one earlier than 73.
 
To answer myself, I see from the Brochures stuff that the 250ci I6 was still available ca. 1980! Presumably the 292 was an upgrade from that /forums/images/graemlins/yikes.gif

Looks like the I6 was dropped in 1983, leaving the 305 the low-end powerplant.

-- A
 
Chevy paperwork for 1969 lists the 250 as the base engine for the Blazer; both the 250 and 292 are listed for the Suburbans for '69.

-- A
 
cool...don't know to much about the 1st gen stuff as I've only owned one and didn't have to do any work on it cause it was in perfect condition. Wish I still had it /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
hey, I'm not doubting anyone...I'll post the pic in a sec...its a 79/80 the best I can tell(waiting on the title) best I can tell it came with the 6..it has a 350 in it now that I'm still trying to ID as of now...
 
ok...here are the pics...any thoughts?
2.JPG

vintag1.jpg

vintag2.jpg
 
well...that was the "before" pic...there has been a bit of a change over the last week....went a little bit albino on me....
are the pics working 1st time on here?I seem to be having trouble posting them

beforeafter.jpg
 
GeoCities doesn't let you link from external sites, but even if you do a [ url ] thing rather than a [ image ] thing here, they seem to get pissy about it. I'd switch to Webshots or sign up for membership here and post in the member's gallery.

-- A
 
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ok..I'm an idiot, I had to do that already...lemme try this one again...hahaha
ok..here is the before and after

18130beforeafter.jpg


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Is this one an '80? I thought 1980 models had square headlights and the 73-79 style hood? /forums/images/graemlins/dunno.gif
 
IIRC, 1980 was the anything-goes year, where you'd see leftover parts from '79, or the new stuff, mixed and matched on any given truck in weird and new ways.

-- A
 
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