i'm trying to get some paper work or a "title" for my car. i need all the info that would go on the title. where is the vin # located? i know where the body tag is, it states, style=50-1007 (1950) body#=k 2646 (fleetline) trim#=171 (?) paint#=428 (?) wheres the VIN, shurley its not 50-1007? is it? ............thanks for the help
nevermind i found it! i have two bodies and of coarse the one i looked at did not have a plate on the a pillar, so then i used the great search feature here and found it on the other body. now i feel like a retard!
Here's some info my wife found on line. Just google 1950 chevy manual. search for a site listed :tocmp.manuals.It list 1960 and earlier models. It gives you a lot of information on specs, etc. She downloaded the manual and put it in a 3 hole binder with dividers for easy reference. handy and free. (just remember to change your print setting to landscape. )hope this was some help
what do all the people in texas do without their original engines when the need to transfer a vehichle?,,if you have a 1970 camaro engine in your 50 chevy coupe,do you register it as a 70 camaro? just wondering.,.. everywhere i've been always uses the VIN tag...
so my a pillar says 5hk-b 118xx there are 2 more numbers where the x's are(just for safty sake, i wan't my vin#) would the whole letter/number series be the total vin or just the numbers?
Not sure about your state but here in CA it was the whole thing, which is like 10 digits shy of a new vin. I just got a strange look like, "that's it??" and then the dude typed it in.
gm has nothing to do with it, its a state to state deal. some states used to use the engine # on there titles others the actual vin. this is something to watch out for when buying a out of state vehicle. the first thing you should do in a deal is verfiy the vin # on the vehicle matches the vin on the title.
When I moved from NC to TX, my NC title for my 52 Chevy was legit, but sometime early in the car's life (possibly when new), it was assigned a VIN# that was a combination of the a-pillar # plus the engine # (that gave like 973 digits or something ridiculous). When I tried to get a TX title & reg, they said too many digits, and that GM used the engine #. Of course my engine was long gone, living a good life in a restored farm truck by then, but since I had the A-pillar tag, I knew which part of the NC title was the engine number. Of course the registration clerk didn't accept this, so they gave me a State-assigned VIN that had to be stamped onto the engine block. If the NC title would have had only the engine #, it probably would have just gone through without anyone checking it against the engine that was in the car. The engine in the 52 was from a 74 Chevy pickup... and that was the clerk's first attempt to get it reg'ed was to use the state-assigned VIN and call it a 74 Chevy p/u. We found a way to make it still say 52 Chevy 2S (2dr Sedan).
1st number; 5 = Kansas City, Mo. plant, 2nd&3rd letters are a series; HK is a across the board for Passenger Deluxe, Styline and Fleetline cars, B is your production month (not sure what month B really is) and the last 5 digits are the production sequence number.
There are a lot of great forums out there. Another which is full of help and info would be. Chevy Talk - Chevrolet Forums for the Enthusiast
you also can find the vin# no the top of the frame under the driver seat.It should match the piller plate.use a flash light and a mirror.
You're kidding right? Where is this exactly...I've been all over that part of the frame when installing my brake booster-nothing stamped there.
I have always been told that before 1955 Some states used the body tag number and others used the motor number. It is my understanding that GM did not use the VIN number system before 1955.
Sorry, I'm going to have to call BS on this one, I spent 1/2 hour under there, and no stampings on mine. please,please,please,please,please,please, prove me wrong.
I found my '33 VIN on top of the frame, right side near seat location. I have an access panel under the carpet there for the DMV folks. Three states have verified it. (That I know of, I've moved and registered it in three different states. All 3 wanted to see it.)
I am trying to title my 1950 Chevy Fleetline that has a Calif title. Idaho is trying to use the engine number which in the Calif title. I tried to tell them that the "real Vin Number" was on the pillar. The local DMV people verified the engine number and the pillar number. The state inspector want to give me a conditional title. I am try to convice the state to come back to the 50's and see how GM numbered their cars. I am hoping when they see this form they will see what I'm talking about. I know Kansas also uses the engine number on their title's. Help out with some precise verbiage I can show Idaho State DMV. I bought the car 5 years ago, I should have started on the title then. Thanks Larry
ok,i just bought a 50 chevy fleetline, 2 dr. car came with a title and a vin tag(loose).Heres my issue according to what ive read vin should be on driver door a pillar,my car has no visible holes for vin tag,i also checked to see oif someone filled the holes.i cant find any evidence of this.car has body tag on firewall but thats all i can find.where should this vin tag attach?i also believe this vin to be a stamped replacement vin,but again i still cant find the original location. HELP?????????????
Tattocharlie. Then vin tag should be on the a pillar just as you stated. It would have been spot welded about midway up. Sent via Illinois Bell Telephone Company's Car Radiotelephone
My 1946 and 48s Chevs attached the serial # plate to the passenger door pillar with small sheet metal screws.
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