vin/chassis identification where to look

[fatboy45]

hello can any one tell me where i would find the main vin/ stamped chassis number is on 2000 w,reg 190 tipper,(its the last of the smiley front mk 4) i was looking to buy one from a add in the local paper, and ive done a hpi check all ok' but i couldnt find the number, it dose have vin number in the corner window drivers side long white sticker with number and ford badge emblem, and vin plates in foot well on passenger side,varous people said it should be in drivers foot well and some say its correct to be in window because its on the change over to newer model, if any one can help please, rgds fatboy,

[Altransit]

What's the reason that you can't use the number on the VIN plate? ............... and a smiley is a Mk5 BTW

[Scotty86]

and the last of the mk5 was on a 52 plate aswell

[fatboy45]

hello thank you for the two replys, i just had a transit years ago and it was stamped in the drivers foot well, and i couldnt see it, and i was worried if it was corect or if it was a ringer not seeing the number, fatboy

[Altransit]

Oh I see, you want to check the number on the plates against the stamped number

It is in the drivers footwell, just up from the step on the vertical part, and in the middle. There may be a plastic cover over the number but there isn't on mine

[fatboy45]

hello and thank you for your replys, about my question, i went into the ford dealers this morning and asked about the nummber not being in the drivers step, and i had the full details of the truck, they gave me 2 possible answers,,1 the truck could of been in accident that side and the foot well replaced with out a stamped foot well as this is a very expensive replacment from fords compared to after market pattern part, 2,and at around year 2000, ford indeed started to put mk5 smiley fronted transit the chassis numbers on the dash board instead of the foot well,they also said it depended on where it was made, rgds fatboy

[madmark]

and the last of the mk5 was on a 52 plate aswell

but production stopped in 2000

[trigger]

and the last of the mk5 was on a 52 plate aswell

but production stopped in 2000

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