VIN plates

[Camper Special]

Hello all
I am looking at a 1971 F250 Highboy. but.... the VIN plate on the door says F25 in the first 3 digits which is a 2WD.
something's gotta give, right?
either the truck was converted, or stolen/switched plates, or?
any ideas?

thanks

[sargentrs]

May have just had the door swapped out at some point in the past?

[chad67]

Check the stamp in the frame if you are truly concerned.

[1972hiboy]

or its probable that somebody just stuck a nicer 2wd truck on a 4x4 chassis.

[Camper Special]

thanks guys
i am checking on the frame VIN stamp
werid thing is that all the info on the door tag matches the truck... exterior color, interior colors
also checking on transfer case plate

all the photos are good quality and underneath looks very original no modifications at all.... stock highboy no modifications
is it possible the factory just stamped the wrong code on the VIN plate? according to the VIN it rolled off the production line September 1970 San Jose.

[TNIceWolf]

The conversions on these trucks are limitless nearly. And at their present ages there is no telling who did what to them.
Cab swaps.... door swaps ....frame swaps ...all are possible. Swaps that seem to match ID plates are also possible. The 2WD to 4WD wouldnt seem to be that unusual if it was done at a time when the components were easily and cheaply available and if it was done years ago it wouldnt be so noticeable now. On the other hand there seemed to be considerable leeway as far as titleing on new vehicles made by Ford. Its possible it rolled off the line a rush special order. Only the build sheet is going to tell you for sure or possibly a Marti report.

[mrollings53]

People get things wrong too. The first digit of the serial number in the vin was wrong on the title for my truck. Title said F, tag and frame stamp said E. It had been like this for at least 15 years before I fixed it.

[Camper Special]

mrollings -
yeah...I had a car once with the wrong VIN number on my pink slip. i never noticed it until i sold it.
but this is on the stamped plate on the door presumably from the factory

i did get some better pics of the underside, and dang is looks like a highboy in every way. does anyone know if the rear leafs ALWAYS had factory blocks?
i know there is supposed to be 9 leaf package on rear, but dont all highboys have the blocks too?





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[Camper Special]

Follow up:
Turns out the body was F25 and the frame was F26. Someone did a frame swap. Too bad it was a super clean truck.
Thanks all for your input.

[Tpdaniels]

Follow up:
Turns out the body was F25 and the frame was F26. Someone did a frame swap. Too bad it was a super clean truck.
Thanks all for your input.

If you want your VIN tag to be correct, you can order a new one from Marti Auto Reports, just go to his website and you can order from there. You supply the information, so you can change anything on it to match your truck as it is now. Below is a copy of what I ordered for my truck when I did my rebuild, VIN # is the same but I changed everything else to match it as it is now. I covered up part of my vin # for safety.