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**jocko** · 07-14-2023, 10:51 PM

You have a little bit bigger problem than mismatched VIN #s. Incorrect cab VIN rivets may make registering/titling it a pain. Where I lived in SoCal (also in the mojave), the DMV folks would walk to the truck to visually check the VIN. Pop rivets can mean CHP gets pulled in - I'd go to DMV and see what they say before I'd spend another dime on the truck. Was it an out of state purchase? I'd absolutely ask the seller about this also.

Keep us posted, I hope this works out ok.

And I'm with you on the CA commercial fee for an open-bed light duty truck. It really used to bug me that I had to pay the commercial tag fee on my 1/2 ton swb 66 with a bed I could eat off of (and had to get it weighed like it was a semi-truck or something...) - I wasn't hauling anything with that truck and it was obvious. I REALLY liked living in the desert there - but I do not miss CA.

You are not decoding the VIN correctly - and your decoder is for GMC, not Chev.
Your SPID VIN, CCE142S= 72 1/2 ton V8 from St Louis
Your metal VIN, CCE24 = 72 3/4 ton V8 (plant is scratched out)

07-14-2023, 10:51 PM	#18
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 17,994	Re: '72 C10. Or is it? You have a little bit bigger problem than mismatched VIN #s. Incorrect cab VIN rivets may make registering/titling it a pain. Where I lived in SoCal (also in the mojave), the DMV folks would walk to the truck to visually check the VIN. Pop rivets can mean CHP gets pulled in - I'd go to DMV and see what they say before I'd spend another dime on the truck. Was it an out of state purchase? I'd absolutely ask the seller about this also. Keep us posted, I hope this works out ok. And I'm with you on the CA commercial fee for an open-bed light duty truck. It really used to bug me that I had to pay the commercial tag fee on my 1/2 ton swb 66 with a bed I could eat off of (and had to get it weighed like it was a semi-truck or something...) - I wasn't hauling anything with that truck and it was obvious. I REALLY liked living in the desert there - but I do not miss CA. You are not decoding the VIN correctly - and your decoder is for GMC, not Chev. Your SPID VIN, CCE142S= 72 1/2 ton V8 from St Louis Your metal VIN, CCE24 = 72 3/4 ton V8 (plant is scratched out)