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Originally Posted by jocko
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)
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This post brings back up some bad memories for me, about 17 years ago here in Northen Ca, I bought from a dealership a 1970 cheyenne super c10 that was in very good shape. I put some things into it, put a good crate motor into it and absolutely loved the pickup. One day I got home to have a message on the answering machine from CHP requesting to inspect my pickup. I set up a time for the officer to come over and check it only to find out the pickup had been stolen from the state of Idaho for about 2 years, the guy that stole it, changed the vin plate on the cab, but the vin# on the frame had been puttied over. He ran a check on the vin# on the frame and that was the last time I saw that pickup. I sued the dealer and eventually won, but after attorney fees I had $1900 to show for it. Far from what I had in it. BE CAREFUL!