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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => 73-87 Chevy & GMC Trucks => Topic started by: qboy on December 15, 2007, 01:36:08 pm

Title: Vin #
Post by: qboy on December 15, 2007, 01:36:08 pm

According to my vin # which starts out TKY145
T means GMC
K means 4x4
Y means 454 4BBL
1 means 1/2 ton
4 means pickup
5 means 1975


I didn't know a 454 was available in a 1/2 ton shortbed.    Does anyone know if the 454 was available for my truck?

Title: Re: Vin #
Post by: zieg85 on December 15, 2007, 02:40:19 pm

Quote from: qboy on December 15, 2007, 01:36:08 pm

According to my vin # which starts out TKY145
T means GMC
K means 4x4
Y means 454 4BBL
1 means 1/2 ton
4 means pickup
5 means 1975


I didn't know a 454 was available in a 1/2 ton shortbed.    Does anyone know if the 454 was available for my truck?

Y in 1975 is a 350

see http://www.73-87chevytrucks.com/VIN.htm

Title: Re: Vin #
Post by: Fordeatinz71 on December 15, 2007, 04:52:00 pm

yep, it was the 350...but yea, a 454 was available in a 1/2 ton shortbed up until 1979...

Title: Re: Vin #
Post by: Captkaos on December 15, 2007, 07:29:39 pm

454's were never offered in 4x4's, only in 4x2's until 1979.

Title: Re: Vin #
Post by: Fordeatinz71 on December 15, 2007, 09:50:45 pm

d'oh...i don't know how i overlooked that...i guess in my rush (i was gettin ready to leave, posting that "last post" real fast) i overlooked that he had a 4x4...

Title: Re: Vin #
Post by: qboy on December 16, 2007, 01:00:39 am

Thanks for the help.   That probably means I still have the original block.