Looking for info on a 1-ton USAF panel

[joe231]

Hey all, went to check out what will hopefully be our next project.
I believe it is a '48?
I'm looking for a VIN decoder, for one
and two, this is the only data tag i can find, did the Air Force remove the factory VIN plate? where should I look for the factory VIN?
TIA, Joe
here are some pics

USAF data plate





pics of the truck



Attachment 431646

[dwcsr]

VIN 3JS-G 3055
Model Year 1951
Series 3800
Assembly Plant GMAD Detroit
Sequential Number G 3055

[CG]

If you do get it make sure you save that tag. Those things are cool. I have one off of one of my long gone 57 Chevy's (car). Its a brass Navy tag.

[joe231]

Originally Posted by dwcsr

VIN 3JS-G 3055
Model Year 1951
Series 3800
Assembly Plant GMAD Detroit
Sequential Number G 3055

cool, thanks!
is there a web site with a vin decoder?

Originally Posted by CG

If you do get it make sure you save that tag. Those things are cool. I have one off of one of my long gone 57 Chevy's (car). Its a brass Navy tag.

Well, it actually belongs to the wife and her brother, it was their dad's. they inherited it when he passed a couple years back. just need to get our '66 done (was her dad's also) and see about starting on this one....so do you know if the military removed the original vin tags?

[CG]

Honestly dont remember if they had both the factory and military. The military one was large and screwed on the lower part of the dash. Now that I think about it I think it had both, because I took the military one off and there was no fuss about it being gone.

[joe231]

cool, thanks!
so can someone tell me where to look for the factory plate?