Originally Posted by Cab_Burge
Originally Posted by 6bblgt
if the complete unibody still exists it would only have the 2 partial VIN stamps on it - core support & trunk lip - I'll ask around - the pic would help

I bought a 1969 Dodge Polara from the California Highway Patrol in May or June of 1969, it had 50,258 miles on it and they had blown up the motor. When I went to pick it up the officers in the yard offer me another one that ran with 53.000 miles on it that had a broken trans. case from them chasing someone over some rocks out in the desert eats of Indio ,CA for another $200.00. I turn it down as I had already bought a rolled over 1965 Fury 2 from a local junk yard that had 19,250 miles on it with a 383 and a 4 sped in it.
My message is the Highway Patrol Officer ended up telling that all 1969 Dodges had the VIN stamp into the body in 19 different locations, he mention the radiator core support., the floor in front of passenger in the front seat, the cowl, the package tray on top behind the rear seat, ,the right rear sub frame on the inner side near the front of the gas tank and several others he wouldn't reveal to me back then shruggy
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I think this wives tale comes from looking at pictures in old "Motor Car" generic manuals or maybe it was an interchange manual. An old coworker of mine had the book. Had a dark blue hardcover on it and was about 2.5" - 3" thick. There was picture of a generic car pointing to 20 or so different locations a VIN could be stamped or found. This is for ALL cars and ALL years that were covered as part of this manual. I've stripped two B-bodies (68 and 69) and two e-bodies (70 and 72) and never found any other places of the partial VIN or SO number other than what we know. Yes there are numbers stamped in the other panels, but they are usually date code/die numbers. I've seen them up to 5 digits, but usually only three digits.

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