changing vins

[hogwild]

does the serial #on the dash indicate if a truck is long or short bed?, i found out today that my truck has been wrote off, so i am thinking of changing the vin  # from another truck

[Bowtie Bomber]

What a coincidence! Same thing here except I got a donor cab because the last one was rotted out. So I was wondering if it's legal to change the vin #.

There's also a Vin on the frame. That's what makes the truck.

[hogwild]

my cab was the only thing that was good on my truck, so i am going to take vin from donor truck , put it on mine and say i changed the cab ,who will know the difference. dont think it is legal but i am not about to scrap a truck i worked on all winter

[Blazin]

I swapped my 86 K 20 VIN tag over to my 83 C 10 cab when I put it on my 86 frame.

[Bowtie Bomber]

I swapped my 86 K 20 VIN tag over to my 83 C 10 cab when I put it on my 86 frame.

How did you go about changing it?

[Blazin]

Drilled out the rivits, and riveted the new one in place. I took a file to the rivet heads to give them the same look as the originals.

[zieg85]

http://www.73-87chevytrucks.com/VIN.htm  doesn't mention anything about LWB versus SWB in the vin.  When I towed for a city towing the police looked at the rivits holding the VIN plate to the body and if they were not the original ones they would find the frame # and go to town looking it over.  This was 30+ years ago in Indiana and things may have changed since then.  My $.02

[hotrod24]

i want to change my vin to but it is a little different my vin says that my truck is a gmc and 78 but it is not either one

[monte85]

i swapped a whole new body onto my totalled monte carlo, but kept my original vin and nobody said anything when i registered it. i've never had the pleasure of having my vehicle scrutinized by the fuzz yet. with my luck, if i tried swapping in another vin, i'd probably get one that comes up as stolen.

[Blazin]

I ain't scared ! Thats my concerned look in my avitar!

[Captkaos]

hahaha, You really ain't scared if that is your concerned look Harold....
Technically that is illegal.  VIN doesn't indicate wheelbase at all, and the frame does have the VIN stamped on it...

[hogwild]

all done , me and you are the only ones that know,

[joesgarage71]

 Be careful they can impound you and your truck 10yrs jail 250K fine, and crush your truck. if your going to change things get or make the rivets, keep the title with the frame so you can at least prove that. Those rivets are stainless steel by the way.
Have a nice day

[Blazin]

Up here in Hickville I don't think I have to worry. Plus I drove my truck with the old cab on same color for 3 years prior to swapping the cab. All the cops know the truck. I am friends with several of them.

[monte85]

keep the title with the frame so you can at least prove that. Those rivets are stainless steel by the way.

i'm using the original frames on both vehicles. just changing sheetmetal. the original doors from the truck are long gone and the drivers door was smashed on the monte. still got the sticker out of the trucks glove box, too.