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frame vin # location
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 12:06 pm
by rtkjmk
I am in the process of restoring my 1953 M37. I have located the cowl vin # , but where is the frame vin # located? thanks bob k
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 1:18 pm
by MSeriesRebuild
Stamped into the left frame rail web just ahead of the steering gear box. If like most, you will have to remove multiple coats of paint to find it.
Vin # Location
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:30 pm
by rtkjmk
charles, thanks for the info, I have been going crazy trying to find the c vin , bob k
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 1:47 pm
by Master Yota
I found this number just behind the bolts for the frame extensions on my left rail. Is this the vin? It is ahead of the steering swing arm, farther forward than Charles has indicated. Is this a different number?
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:57 pm
by MSeriesRebuild
From what I can tell, this doesn't look like the typical frame vin#. The # that is stamped into the rail is the complete and full vin# for the vehicle. The # on the glove box data plate is a portion of the complete # and denotes the sequence of manufacture. Many trucks have been registered using the sequence # from the data plate. That # is never a complete vin#.
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 7:51 pm
by Master Yota
Ok, if not a vin number, then could it be a part number for the frame rail?
I removed all the paint from the top of the rails around the steering box so that I could box the rail in, and found no numbers. Is there a posibility that the number could be stamped elsewhere?
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:17 am
by cuz
That is a Canadian Armed Forces registration number. They stamp their registration numbers in the left front frame rail on all their vehicles. That is the format they use 53-41547 where 53 is the contract year and the 41547 is the sequence number. Your frame must be from a M37 CDN or an US M37 shipped to Canada.
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:31 am
by Master Yota
Its a Canadian model - Thanks for the info Cuz!
Is this a significant number or were all the trucks stamped with this number? Can I learn anything from this number about the trucks history?
Sorry for the thread hijack Bob...
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:12 am
by cuz
That number represents the Canadian version of our USA XXXXXXX hood registration number. The Canadians also painted that same number on the sides of the truck. Just like our US Registration Numbers are specific to each of our US MV's so is the CAR registration number specific to each of their vehicles.
If you go to the M37CDN registry you can see the relationship of your CFR # to truck serial numbers.
IE: 41543 91401809 is the closest one to your number.
http://www.ramtank.ca/m37list.htm
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:38 am
by MSeriesRebuild
Hope these guys have got your issue solved. The typical location is about half way between the steering gear box and the idler arm bracket.
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:21 pm
by Master Yota
MSeriesRebuild wrote:The typical location is about half way between the steering gear box and the idler arm bracket.
Charles, would it be stamped into the verticle face of the frame for easy access, or onto the hozontal top of the frame rail?
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 3:21 pm
by MSeriesRebuild
Master Yota wrote:MSeriesRebuild wrote:The typical location is about half way between the steering gear box and the idler arm bracket.
Charles, would it be stamped into the verticle face of the frame for easy access, or onto the hozontal top of the frame rail?
It's in the web of the rail, (the vertical surface), the top and bottom are the flanges.
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 3:52 pm
by Master Yota
MSeriesRebuild wrote:Master Yota wrote:MSeriesRebuild wrote:The typical location is about half way between the steering gear box and the idler arm bracket.
Charles, would it be stamped into the verticle face of the frame for easy access, or onto the hozontal top of the frame rail?
It's in the web of the rail, (the vertical surface), the top and bottom are the flanges.
That would be why I haven't found it yet, I haven't removed the paint from there.