V.I.N. location on a 34 chevy Sedan?

The first two numbers in the style is the year of the car. So it is a 35.

 

This mine on a 35 Master. It can no longer be read.

 

Thanks 35 mastr. That helps with location. Anyone got one that is readable , or shows what it looks like?

 

U can find them on e=bay, Brabnd new will stanmp your # on it.
Check with the restorers VCCA for info as to what #'s & letters. Then make up a combo and have it made. I had my original pkate and had a new one made and it is very good. From Argentina.

 

Lot of confusion here. So far as I know the official legal term "VIN" came about in an attempt to standardize auto serial numbers about 1968 and was modernized in 1981.

Prior to that, what was used by each state as a VIN could vary and the different makes all used their own systems, locations, etc. If you go back far enough you run into "FedCo" ID numbers which was a 20's era attempt at standardization from what I can tell. But the numbers are either engine numbers, or serial numbers, per the factory, and used as a Vehicle Identification Number, by each respective state who used that term.

Some states used engine numbers because on a Model T, the engine number is the only one on the car. But not all states used them and some changed what they used as time went on.

Chevrolets this era often used a tag on the floor someplace for the passenger cars, so it's probably long gone.


What it boils down to is no two states are alike, and what you do now to register it depends on how strict your state is and how knowlegable their inspectors are. Personally, if I were going to try a repop plate? I would stamp it, then tack it on a post or bury it in the yard or something and leave it for six months or a year while I worked on the car. Going to look funny if it's all shiny and new down there.

 

I know this is an old thread as I participated in it. I brought it up for the benifit of some newbies or somebody that may have missed it. The new information you posted is informative and interesting . I really like the part about the tag on the fence post and sticking it in the ground for a short time,gota remember that ,L.O.L. Thanks JIM