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Hi All,
A few years back, I bought my Deuce from a private owner. He said he won 2 trucks in an auction and needed to get rid of one (mine). When I went to process the title, I used the I.D. number off the dash plaque in the cab. In trying to uncover a little history on the truck, I came across the I.D. number on the frame rail. The numbers from the dash and frame rail were different. I just chalked it up to the motor pool piecing a good truck together.
Fast forward to now. I was looking on a local for sale website and I found an M35A2 that looked pretty close to mine. In some of the photos there was the dash plaque. That I.D. number on the plaque looked familiar. It matched the number on my frame rail!
In my opinion, the person I bought my Deuce from swapped dash data I.D. plates from my truck to his (at the time) truck because one looked better than the other, not knowing there are I.D. numbers on other areas of the truck.
Now. My question to everyone here would be, do I contact the new owner/seller and see if we can get these I.D. numbers straightened out, or just let it be with the current I.D.'s.
I would seem to think that this should all be straightened out.
Let me know what you guys think.
Thanks
A few years back, I bought my Deuce from a private owner. He said he won 2 trucks in an auction and needed to get rid of one (mine). When I went to process the title, I used the I.D. number off the dash plaque in the cab. In trying to uncover a little history on the truck, I came across the I.D. number on the frame rail. The numbers from the dash and frame rail were different. I just chalked it up to the motor pool piecing a good truck together.
Fast forward to now. I was looking on a local for sale website and I found an M35A2 that looked pretty close to mine. In some of the photos there was the dash plaque. That I.D. number on the plaque looked familiar. It matched the number on my frame rail!
In my opinion, the person I bought my Deuce from swapped dash data I.D. plates from my truck to his (at the time) truck because one looked better than the other, not knowing there are I.D. numbers on other areas of the truck.
Now. My question to everyone here would be, do I contact the new owner/seller and see if we can get these I.D. numbers straightened out, or just let it be with the current I.D.'s.
I would seem to think that this should all be straightened out.
Let me know what you guys think.
Thanks