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Old 05-11-2022, 07:14 PM   #1
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1970 Medium Duty Investigation

So i'm currently sitting in quarantine waiting to go to work offshore and of course i started perusing FB marketplace and came across this. Here's the seller's information:

"1970 GMC C 55 ??
Vintage 1970 flatbed truck with a V8 with a 5 and 2. Also an auxiliary transmission that you can shift in low and top speed is around 18 mph. There is a very heavy winch with approximately 150 feet of cable. This truck was used to pull heavy loads at a slow speed."

I'm interested in decoding the VIN if anyone can point me in the right direction. I've been searching high and low and haven't come up with much.




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Old 05-11-2022, 09:10 PM   #2
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Re: 1970 Medium Duty Investigation

What are you trying to decipher? A picture of the spid would tell you more about the actual truck than the vin. Unless you're trying to figure out build dates and which plant it came from.

I got a gmc parts book in storage I could dig out but hopefully somewhere here will chime in.
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Old 05-12-2022, 12:30 PM   #3
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Re: 1970 Medium Duty Investigation

The VIN says that it is a GMC C6500 that originally had a V6 engine in it, most likely a 351. 5 speed transmission is probably a New Process. Truck was built in Fremont, CA.. SPID should tell you evrything else as CarolinaHD pointed out. Neat truck.
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