# Identifying Truck Frame

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/identifying-truck-frame/41998>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet, classic\
**Created:** [January 7, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/identifying-truck-frame/41998 "2010-01-07T01:00:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![JohnDurham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@JohnDurham](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JohnDurham)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/identifying-truck-frame/41998/1 "2010-01-07T01:00:59Z")

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My '51 Chevrolet has a different frame than that year model. Is there any way to identify which frame it is?

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/identifying-truck-frame/41998/2 "2010-01-07T01:52:46Z")

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I doubt that in 1951 GM bothered to stamp the VIN then called the serial number in the frame…There MAY be some ID markings, but it will take a Chevy truck expert to figure it out…

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/identifying-truck-frame/41998/3 "2010-01-07T02:28:49Z")

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There would be different '51 frames for the different capacity trucks, maybe yours is a heavy-duty version.