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Technical Serial number ID for AD GMC

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by rebstew187, Jan 19, 2022.

  1. rebstew187
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    I am normally pretty good at these but I'm stumped. I found a huge GMC in a junkyard I can buy. It's not really what I'd call your typical cab over and it not a small truck. I'm guessing 54 55 due to the windshield. I can get titles through my state on stuff like this using the VIN/serial number on said vehicle but I can't decode this VIN to figure out the year. Everything I find is for a smaller truck. The VIN has been checked and cleaned off and this is for sure the #. W624 42 Z11xx Can anyone decode this one.
     
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  2. squirrel
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    Im pretty sure the Z indicates the year 1954.

    http://www.oldgmctrucks.com/page0194.html

    but you have to do some inferring....some of the pages show year breakdowns with different letters there, and the ones with Z seem to be 1954. The truck model is W624
     
  3. gimpyshotrods
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    Is there and emblem on the hood side? That will indicate what exact model.

    On the smallest trucks, the presence or absence of an open driveshaft would indicate the year.

    On a bigger truck, not so much.

    Yes, Z=1954.
     
  4. gimpyshotrods
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    Woah! It looks like a W624 is the BIG TRUCK!
    [​IMG]
     
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  5. Johnny Gee
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    He did say "I found a huge GMC in a junkyard"
     
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  6. rebstew187
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    That looks like it. So it's a 54 by the Z...
     
  7. rebstew187
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    Hoods gone.
     
  8. gimpyshotrods
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    Huge to some is not always huge to others.
     
  9. gimpyshotrods
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    Grab the cab and as much of the metal as is left.
     
  10. Johnny Gee
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    A particular attitude toward or way of regarding something?
    [​IMG]
     
  11. BamaMav
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    Bet that hood will be hard to find.

    That was probably an over the road freight truck. Could have had a Cummins diesel, a Detroit Diesel, or even a GMC gas burner.

    Would make a cool ramp truck.
     

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