<VV> VIN Locations vary

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It's not always necessary to drop the crossmember. If you see #5999 (which
will be at the convention this year) slide under the right front. It's
visable without the crossmember removed. I've seen it myself.

Also, the number is stamped (or supposed to be) not only on the vertical
wall, but the horizontal wall of the frame box rail. I've also verified
this fact (on at least one car which I did a pavement-up resto upon.)

-Mark


> [Original Message]
> From: Dave Ziegler <dziegler3 at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: <VV> VIN Locations vary
>
> The VIN is on the left side frame rail for earlys, the right side  
> frame rail for lates. In both cases the front crossmember has to be  
> dropped to see the numbers. The FC's is on the bottom of the left  
> frame rail about 6-8" forward of the "boomerang" and can be seen by  
> just scraping the crud off the rail.
>
> Dave...
> On Mar 17, 2009, at 7:24 PM, David Houston wrote:
>
> > I've never seen any hidden VIN # except the riveted one on the door  
> > jab on the FC. I just came back looking at a rust free 700 and  
> > again couldn't find a VIN on the frame. I didn't think the hidden  
> > VIN started on US cars till 1968 or so. I know in Canada I've seen  
> > corvairs  built in Europe with frame VINs.
>