Some states used the engine number as the vehicle ID number back then. ![]() The etched lettering had text declaring things like "Chevrolet Motor Division, General Motors, Flint Michigan," etc, and usually that detail has weathered/oxidized away to the point where the only info left is the actual serial number that was stamped into the metal plate. The plate originally had silver (actually bright aluminum) lettering/numbering set-off by a flat-black acid-etched background. In the case of Chevrolet trucks of the mid 1930's to 1940, the serial number is stamped into an aluminum plate which is then secured to the engine-side of the firewall, on the passenger side with sheetmetal screws. ![]() US vehicles manufactured prior to 1970 do not have a "VIN" number they simply have a serial number.
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