frame vin # location

rtkjmk · Post by **rtkjmk** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 12:06 pm

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

MSeriesRebuild · Post by **MSeriesRebuild** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 1:18 pm

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.

rtkjmk · Post by **rtkjmk** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:30 pm

charles, thanks for the info, I have been going crazy trying to find the c vin , bob k

Master Yota · Post by **Master Yota** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 1:47 pm

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?

MSeriesRebuild · Post by **MSeriesRebuild** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:57 pm

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#.

Master Yota · Post by **Master Yota** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 7:51 pm

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?

cuz · Post by **cuz** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:17 am

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.

Master Yota · Post by **Master Yota** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:31 am

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...

cuz · Post by **cuz** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:12 am

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

MSeriesRebuild · Post by **MSeriesRebuild** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:38 am

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.

Master Yota · Post by **Master Yota** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:21 pm

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?

MSeriesRebuild · Post by **MSeriesRebuild** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 3:21 pm

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.

Master Yota · Post by **Master Yota** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 3:52 pm

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.

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