where to find VIN on a 50 Dodge?

[Jens Kriete]

Hello folks,

I just want to say a big Thank You to all who responded. I called my
buddy today and he tends to believe that the title and the car´s VIN
don´t match indeed. Which might become a big problem for him. Now we
wonder where the funny VIN in the title came from. But we probably will
never find out.

Jens


  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Bill Watson
  To: Multiple recipients of Mopar
  Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 9:35 PM
  Subject: Re: where to find VIN on a 50 Dodge?



  The VIN tag on 1946-1967 Chrysler Corporation cars was attached to the
  driver's (left side) door hinge pillar, not the door.

  The VIN on the title  - 34 256 162
  is not a valid number.  Chrysler did not use numbers from 32 293 001
to 34
  500 000.

  The number found on the car (by customs): 45 512 700
  is for a 1950 Dodge Meadowbrook or Coronet, built at Los Angeles  (45
505
  001 to 45 515 652)

  Bill
  Vancouver, BC


  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Jens Kriete" <jens.kriete at arcor.de>
  To: "Multiple recipients of Mopar" <mml at mopar.tamu.edu>
  Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 9:10 AM
  Subject: where to find VIN on a 50 Dodge?


  > Hello friends,
  >
  > a buddy of mine bought a 50 Dodge (Coronet, I think) and imported it
to
  > Germany recently. Now the car is inspected by the German customs and
  > they say the VIN on the title doesn´t match the one found on the
car. My
  > friend contacted the seller in Los Angeles and he swears it is the
  > correct title for that car. My buddy believes him. So we hope that
the
  > customs people just took a wrong number from somewhere on the car.
We
  > haven´t seen the car in person yet so we must rely on what theys
tell
  > us. The car currently is in the harbour, some 200 mls away.
  > My question is: Where is the VIN to be found on a 50 Dodge, or any
other
  > Mopar of that era? I think there must be one on the frame
somewhere?!
  >
  > For comparison:
  > The VIN on the title says:    342 561 62
  > The numbers found on the car (by the customs): 455 127 00 (found on
the
  > door)
  >
  > Maybe the door got changed somewhere in the car´s life. From my
scarce
  > sources about those cars the 455...-number sounds ok for a car built
in
  > Los Angeles. (But we don´t know if it was built there.) The other
number
  > doesn´t make sense to me.
  >
  > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
  >
  > Thanks
  > Jens
  >
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